The most critical aspect related to pharmacology
What is the drug action?
A nurse encourages a client to wear protective clothing and sunscreen is related to this side effect of demeclocycline.
What is Photosensitivity?
Pseudomembranous colitis is a severe and life threatening form of diarrhea. This symptom is typically present.
What is bloody diarrhea?
When digoxin interacts with tetracyclines, the clinic is a risk for this side effect.
Nurses check the infusion rate of IV fluoroquinolone at this frequency of time.
What is every 15 minutes?
What are the ...
1. Client's Name
2. Drug Name
3. Dosage form
4. Route of administration
5. Frequency of administration
Sulfonamides inhibit the activity of folic acid in bacterial cell metabolism. This word categorizes that action.
What is bacteriostatic?
What is birth control pills?
Oral preparations of tetracycline should be administered with this instruction for maximum absorption.
What is on an empty stomach and with a full glass of water?
Nursing instruction when a patient is taking an extended-release formulation.
What is to swallow the medication whole?
Taking this medication with some antibiotics can result in a risk for increased bleeding
Increasing fluids helps reduce the risk of two sulfonamide side effects.
What are crystalluria and kidney stones?
An allergy to penicillin may also indicate an allergy to this class of antibiotics.
What is cephalosporin?
Antibiotic given prior to surgery to reduce intestinal bacteria.
What is Neomycin?
Fluoroquinolones exert their bactericidal effect by interfering with the synthesis of what cell component?
What is bacterial DNA?
The risk of liver failure during acetaminophen therapy increases in clients with this habit.
What is drinking alcohol?
The only substance that is used to mix buffered Entecavir powder
What is water?
Combining this antibiotic with aminoglycocides could increase the risk for nephrotoxicity.
What is Cephalosporin?
This test should be complete prior to administering an antibiotic such as ciprofloxacin.
What is culture tests?
Two medications administered in the 2nd phase of Tuberculosis
What are Rifampin and Isoniazid?
Urinary tract analgesic that is useful in treating dysuria caused by a UTI.
What is Phenazopyridine?
Oral candidiasis, a superficial fungal infection of the oral mucosa.
What is Thrush?
Medications that block the protease enzyme so the new viral particles cannot mature.
What are protease inhibitors?
This TB medication interacts with oral hypoglycemic agents, leading to a decrease in the effectiveness of the oral hypoglycemic agent, thus increasing blood glucose levels.
What is Rifampin?
Type of therapy that prevents or avoids spread of TB in household members and other close associates of the infected person
What is prophylactic therapy?