Generic Name: meperidineBrand Name(s): Demerol | Pregnancy Category: C | Route of Administration: IM‚ SUBCUT | Drug Category: opioids analgesic | Indication: labor analgesia | Normal Dosage:Labor analgesia Adult: 50-100 mg given when contractions regularly spaced repeat q1-3h prn | Side Effects:CNS: drowsiness‚ dizziness‚ confusion‚ HA‚ sedation‚ euphoria‚ increased intracranial pressure‚ seizures‚ respiratory depression‚ anaphylaxis | Nursing Considerations/Teachings/Interventions: Nursing
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CHAPTER NO.1 INTRODUCTION HYPERTENSION: INTRODUCTION: This means abnormally elevated blood pressure. It may refer to increase blood pressure in any blood vessels‚ such as pulmonary or portal hypertension. However‚ it usually refers to an elevated systemic arterial blood pressure. Hypertension is not a disease but physical finding. 1.1 DEFINITION: Hypertension may be define as either a sustained systolic blood pressure (SBP) of greater than 140 mmHg or a sustained diastolic
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Running Head: NURSING CASE STUDY. AS‚ is a 74 year old male. He is married and has 3 children‚ and a few grand children. He lives in south bend with his wife and his youngest daughter. He seemed to be a family man. His family was in and out of the hospital while he was there. He is a very outspoken person; his family was very supportive.AS‚ formally worked for the city but is now retired. He is a full code with no known drug allergies. He presented to the emergency room with a fever
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constantly showed inappropriate behaviors in class‚ such as hitting‚ spitting‚ screaming‚ and throwing. After the experimenters conducted two studies on the two medications in different dosage‚ the result showed that Dexedrine
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1. Know the reason why the client is receiving the medication‚ the drug classification‚ contraindication‚ contraindications‚ usual dosage range‚ side effects and nursing considerations for administering and evaluating the intended outcomes for the medication. | | 2. Check the medication administration record (MAR). * Check the MAR for the drug name‚ dosage‚ frequency‚ route of administration‚ and expiration date for administering the medication‚ if appropriate. * If the MAR is unclear
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Adverse trends lead to severe medical errors. A trend that frequently occurs is inconsistency of patient’s knowledge of the dosages or names of their home medications. Frequently on admission when questioning patients they do not recall the name of the medication or dosage. Patient’s that are on methadone need to maintain their dose to decrease with draw symptoms knowing the dosage is important. After reading and learning about other hospitals and having a mater patient index that gives a complete
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report was simply forgotten about. The first example of why not filing an incident report could be problematic is in when a patient has been given their latest round of medication. If the dosage has been given to the patient but this dosage has not been noted in the incident reports‚ this could lead to the dosage being issued again. This would be very dangerous and potentially lethal for that patient. Another example would be if it has been discovered that the patient has an allergic reaction to
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April 19‚ 1943‚[87] when Hofmann ingested 250 µg of LSD. He said‚ this would be a threshold dose based on the dosages of other ergot alkaloids. Hofmann found the effects to be much stronger than he anticipated.[88] Sandoz Laboratories introduced LSD as a psychiatric drug in 1947.[89] Albert Hofmann in 2006 Pharmacokinetics LSD ’s effects normally last from 6–12 hours depending on dosage‚ tolerance‚ body weight and age.[5] The Sandoz prospectus for "Delysid" warned: "intermittent disturbances of
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lengthen hospital stays and increase the expenses for the patient and hospital. Each error can cost around $2‚000 to $8‚750 (Anderson & Townsend‚ 2015). These errors can occur when nurses don’t check to see if they have the right drug‚ patient‚ time‚ dosage‚ route‚ and documentation. These are considered the six rights of medication administration. Following these six rights of drug administration is essential to the safety and accuracy of drug administration. Failure to do so can result in the nurse
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Project Technical Paper Reliable Pharmaceutical Supply Index Introduction 1. Entity-relationship diagram that shows the data strorage requirements for Relable Pharamceutical Supply -------------------3 2. Domain meta class for RPS. -------------------4 3. Activity diagram for each use case related to entering new orders -------------------5 4. System sequence diagram -------------------8 5. State machine
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