Nur 210 stuvia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Discuss the nursing implications for anticoagulant therapy - Answer Use to prevent formation of blood clots and to stop the progression of blood clots Use for DVT, PE, CVA, MI, and pregnancy Heparin - Answer IV injection -Do not mix with other IV meds, check daily dose changes with another RN, use an infusion pump SubQ injection -Rotate sites, no aspiration, do not massage Monitor aPTT -Normal value is 40 seconds -Therapeutic level between 1.5-2 times the control -Usually 60-80 ...

ear drops - Answer INSTILL AT ROOM TEMP/ child- down and back/ adult- up and back eye drops - Answer important to instill the eye drop medication into the conjunctival sac (not the eyeball/cornea). inner to outer enema - Answer patient lays on left side pharmacokinetic - Answer what happens in the body once med is administered -Absorption -Distribution/ Binding -Metabolism -Renal Excretion first-pass effect - Answer extent to which drug metabolized by liver before reaching system...

Epinephrine - Answer adrenergic agonist Atenolol - Answer Adrenergic blocker Bethanechol - Answer cholinergic pilocarpione - Answer cholinergic atropine - Answer anticholinergic benztropine - Answer anticholinergic tolterodine - Answer anticholinergic Carbidopa-Levodopa - Answer Antiparkinson Agent Dopamine Replacement Tolcapone - Answer COMT inhibitor Rivastigmine - Answer acetylcholinesterase inhibitor Pyridostigmine - Answer acetylcholinesterase inhibitor cycl...

Absorption - Answer A drug is moved from site of administration to body fluids; first process during pharmacokinetics. Adverse Reaction - Answer Undesirable drug effect. Allergic Reaction - Answer Immediate hypertensive reaction by the immune system; it presents as itching, hives, swelling, and difficulty breathing. Anaphylactic Shock - Answer Sudden, severe hypersensitivity reaction with symptoms that progress rapidly and may result in death if not treated; also called anaphylactic rea...

Loop Diuretic Review Nursing - Answer Furosemide is classified as what? Potassium Sparing Diuretic - Answer Spironolactone is classified as what? Thiazide Diuretic - Answer hydrochlorothiazide is classified as what? Osmotic - Answer Mannitol is classified as what? Alpha Adrenergic Blocker - Answer prazosin is classified as what? Calcium Channel Blocker - Answer Nifedipine is classified as what? Cardiac Selective Beta Blocker - Answer metoprolol is classified as what? Nonsel...

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