Medication Admin and Safety
The RN double checks this to prevent medication errors
what is the patient's medication rights?
These medications decrease heart rate, help with anxiety, and reduce oxygen demand
What are beta blockers?
Pain is subjective or objective
What is subjective?
This electrolyte must be monitored closely with loop and thiazide diuretics.
What is potassium?
This common class of meds help to neutralize gastric acid
What are antacids?
The RN checks these daily to monitor for toxicity
What are labs?
Anticholinergics primarily affect this part of the nervous system.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
The RN observes this when preparing to administer narcotic pain medications
What are vitals such as respirations and BP
The RN is aware that she must replace potassium for a patient with a K level of 3.2 because they might experience...
What is cardiac changes or cardiac decline?
Bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol) is likely to turn stool a specific color that may be similar to a GI bleed.
What is dark/black stools?
Assessing this before oral administration is crucial
what is swallow?
Vaccines work by stimulating the body to produce this without causing disease.
What are antibodies?
The RN identifies that the reason the patient no longer feels the same pain relief is they have
What is increasing tolerance to the medication?
This life-threatening statin complication causes extreme CK elevation.
What is rhabdomyolysis?
This hyperosmotic laxative is know for reducing ammonia levels.
What is lactulose?
The RN knows the proper way to draw up NPH and Regular insulin is this way.
What is clear to cloudy?
Because chemo targets rapidly dividing cells, this is most affected first and it shows in labs
Bone marrow
Pain relief can come from more than just narcotics. The RN knows that this anticonvulsant is given to help with pain relief.
what is gabapentin?
This lab test is monitored for warfarin therapy.
What is INR/PT?
These vitamins are fat soluble
What is ADEK?
The RN has a patient with a new list of medications. The RN reviews the prior to admission medications to check for potential
What are drug to drug interactions
Corticosteroids improve breathing by reducing this process in the lungs.
what is inflammation?
A very common GI side effect caused by decreased peristalsis.
What is constipation?
The RN monitor for this after given insulin
What is hypoglycemia?
Epogen is given to help patients with kidney failure to
What is stimulate RBC production?