Antidepressants
This is the main thing a nurse should perform when a patient who is taking an antidepressant comes in for on office visit.
What is screen for suicidal ideations?
This drug is a dopamine replacement drug for Parkinson's disease.
This is the main patient teaching when it comes to antidiarrheals.
What is they are only good for non-infectious diarrhea and should not be used for undiagnosed abdominal disorders?
This prokinetic drug is used to promote gastric emptying and has these side effects.
What is Metoclopramide and drowsiness, GI upset, EPS, tardive dyskinesia?
This drug is a used for abortive therapy of a migraine.
This drug class, with examples, can cause extreme sedation if taken with opioids, has a "hangover" effect, and has this main patient teaching point.
This drug is mainly used to manage and treat epilepsy, has this method of action, and has this narrow therapeutic index.
What is Phenytoin, works by slowing down impulses in the brain, and 10 - 20 mcg/mL?
What is Ondansetron, to take as directed by HCP and that it starts working 30 to 60 minutes after being taken?
This drug is considered a hyperosmotic laxative and is used to treat constipation and portal systemic encephalopathy.
What is Lactulose?
This skeletal muscle relaxant contains side effects of drowsiness, nausea, and constipation, and has this main teaching point.
This is the drug class, contraindication, patient teaching, and main side effects associated with Fluoxetine and Sertraline.
What is SSRI, pregnant patients, therapeutic effects can take 1-3 weeks, and serotonin syndrome (HTN, tachycardia, agitation, seizures, etc...)?
This is an anticholingeric drug for Parkinson's symptoms, has this method of action, and these side effects.
What is Benztropine, reduces central cholinergic effects by blocking muscarinic receptors, and dry mouth/worsening tachycardia?
This anticholingeric drug is used to relieve nausea and dry up secretions.
What is Scopolamine?
This drug class, with examples, are used for stomach ulcers and GERD, and contains these 2 main patient teaching points.
This vasodilator is used for short-term treatment of life-threatening heart failure.
What is Milrinone?
This drug is mainly used for bipolar disorder, has this narrow therapeutic window, and these 3 main reasons that can lead to toxicity.
What is Lithium, 0.6 to 1.2 mEq/L, and taking too much lithium, dehydration, or kidney impairment?
This drug is used for seizures, bipolar disorders, and HA, has these 2 adverse effects, and has these main nursing implications.
What is Chlorpromazine?
These are considered stimulant laxatives, has this method of action, and these side effects.
What is Senna or Bisacodyl, acts by stimulating intestinal motility and increasing amount of H2O and electrolytes in intestine, and cramping, nausea, vomiting, fluid/electrolyte imbalances?
These are the antidotes for:
1. Digoxin
2. Opiates
3. Acetaminophen
4. Insulin
5. Benzodiazepines
6. Warfarin
7. Heparin
What is
1. Digi Bind
2. Naloxone
3. n-acetylcysteine
4. Glucagon
5. Flumazenil
6. FFP or Vitamin K
7. Protamine Sulfate
These are the two main patient teaching points a nurse should inform their patient who is taking a Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor such as Phenelzine.
What is
1. avoiding foods high in Tyramine such as aged cheese, overripe fruit, pickled/fermented foods, processed/smoked meat, soy sauce, caffeine
2. drug interacts with MANY other medications including OTC medications so need a 2 week “washout” period before starting new medications
These are the three main patient teaching points when a patient is taking an antiepiletic.
What is do not consume alcohol, do not take within 2 hours of antacids, and that they can decrease effectiveness of oral contraceptives?
This drug is typically used for chronic gout, has this main nursing implication, and this main patient teaching.
What is Allopurinol, monitor renal and liver function during therapy, and encourage patient to drink 2.5-3 L/day of water to decrease renal stones?
This antacid is an H2 receptor antagonist, has this method of action, this consideration for the elderly, and this main teaching point.
What is Famotidine, decreases amount of acid stomach produces, older adults more sensitive to side effects (mental/mood changes), and that it should be taken 1-2 hours apart from other medications?
These are the 6 drugs that are considered nephrotoxic.
What is NSAIDS, ASA, ACE inhibitors, Aminoglycosides (Gentamicin), Vancomycin, Acyclovir?