Medications
A client reports using OTC aluminum hydroxide for relief of gastric upset. She is on a renal dialysis three times a week. What should the nurse teach this client?
A client is taking Famotidine, what priority labs would be monitored?
What medication treat PUD
Famotidine
Omeprazole
Pantoprazole
Sucralfate
Misoprostol
Metoclopramide - short term
What is tardive dyskinesia can what medication can cause this?
Metoclopramide -- It is a neurologic condition that includes involuntary neuro responses.
Famotidine
The nurse is assisting the older adult diagnosed with gastric ulcer to schedule her medication administration. What would be the most appropriate time for this pt to take her omeprazole?
What labs should be monitored for OTC - Acetaminophen
Liver labs - ALT, AST, LFT, Bili.
What medications treat GERD
famotidine
omeprazole
pantoprazole
aluminum hydroxide
metoclopramide
What is osteoporosis and what medications in this unit put a client at risk for this?
Your bones are usually dense and strong enough to support your weight and absorb most kinds of impacts. As you age, your bones naturally lose some of their density and their ability to regrow (remodel) themselves. If you have osteoporosis your bones are much more fragile than they should be, and are much weake
PPIs
Antacids contain Ca+ and levels should be monitored for hyper effects
H. Pylori treatment
Sucralfate
The nurse is caring for a client with GERD and would question an order for which of the following?
Amoxicillin, Ranitidine, Pantoprazole, or Calcium Carbonate
Amoxicillin
Do administer these medications to pts that have allergies to sulfa or lasix?
Sulfasalazine
What medications treat H. Pylori
PPI's
Amoxicillin
Metronidazole
tetracycline
What is dyspepsia? What medication has this as an adverse effect?
dyspepsia or an upset stomach — is discomfort in your upper abdomen. Indigestion describes certain symptoms, such as belly pain and a feeling of fullness soon after you start eating, rather than a specific disease.
Sulfasalazine
Inhibits gastric acid secretion and stimulates the production of protective mucus.
Misoprostol
A client has been prescribed omeprazole for GERD. Which assessment findings would assist the nurse to determine whether drug therapy has been effective?
Decreased upper gastric pain. Decreased belching. Decreased dysphagia. No further lump felt in throat. no cough at night. No asthma symptoms.
What labs/dx tests should be monitored for azathioprine?
VS
Platelets
neutrophils
WBC
Kidney
Liver
Glucose
What medications help with IBS/IBD?
Alosetron
Lubiprostone
Sulfasalazine
What is C. Diff? What medications put a client at risk for this?
Clostridioides difficile is a bacterium that causes an infection of the colon, the longest part of the large intestine. Symptoms can range from diarrhea to life-threatening damage to the colon. The bacterium is often called C. difficile or C. diff.
Illness from C. difficile often occurs after using antibiotic medicines. It mostly affects older adults in hospitals or in long-term care settings. People not in care settings or hospitals also can get C. difficile infection. Some strains of the bacterium that can cause serious infections are more likely to affect younger people.
H. Pylori treatment - PPIs and antibiotics
Alosetron
In taking a client's history, the nurse notices that he has been taking omeprazole consistently over the past 6 months for treatment of epigastric pain. Which recommendations would be the best for this nurse to give to this client?
What labs must be monitored for metoclopramide?
renal impairment may occur, monitor real labs
What medications might be ordered for Chrons?
Sulfasalazine
Azathioprine
What is an ileus? What medication can cause this?
this is when the peristalsis stops in the intestines, causing the intestines to not work properly or become necrotic.
Alosetron
High calcium levels
Any medication that stop the peristalsis
Azathioprine