of 100 mg/dL‚ without coronary heart disease d. A patient who has one risk factor‚ an LDL level of 170 mg/dL‚ and no history of coronary heart disease Question 2 Marks: 1 A patient has received too much warfarin. The nurse will prepare to give which antidote for warfarin toxicity? Choose one answer. a. vitamin K b. vitamin E c. potassium phosphate d. protamine sulfate Question 3 Marks: 1 A patient has been taking digoxin (Lanoxin) 0.25 mg‚ and furosemide
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CU3087 Lead Person Centred Practice 1.1 All patients should be treated as individuals and their care should reflect this. Person-centred practice is an approach that puts the client at the centre of their care and their care is structured around their individual needs. It involves them in making decisions about things that affect them (Health Foundation 2012). Person centred planning is crucial to providing quality care and support. It helps professional care and support workers find out what is
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For this community-teaching plan‚ I chose to discuss Coumadin therapy. I presented the secondary prevention and screening for vulnerable people. The demographic of the audience were all nurses. RN s and LPNs were educated on why we use Coumadin and why it is so important to understand the side effects of the medication and what risk factors to be aware of when administering the medication. When dispensing the medication to our patients‚ it is our responsibility as their nurse to be fully aware of
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Chapter 58: Nursing Management: Stroke Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. After a patient experienced a brief episode of tinnitus‚ diplopia‚ and dysarthria with no residual effects‚ the nurse anticipates teaching the patient about a. cerebral aneurysm clipping. b. heparin intravenous infusion. c. oral low-dose aspirin therapy. d. tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). ANS: C The patient’s symptoms are consistent with transient ischemic attack (TIA)‚ and drugs that inhibit platelet aggregation are prescribed
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aldehyde salicylaldehyde involves an initial aldol-type addition followed by a spontaneous dehydration. The final step forms a lactone ring‚ generating the heterocyclic ring system known as Coumarin. One of the best known synthetic coumarins is warfarin‚ which is a powerful blood anticoagulant that is used in medicine to control blood clotting and is also sold as a rat killer. [pic] [pic] Physical Contants: mol.wt.(g/mol) bp((C) density(g/ml) Salicylaldehyde
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Unit 4222-616 Administer medication to individuals‚ and monitor the effects (ASM 34) Outcome 1 Understand legislation‚ policy and procedures relevant to the administration of medication 1. In the workplace there is a generic Medication Management Policy and Procedures for Adult Services (Issue 10‚ 2012) document. This is kept to hand in a locked cupboard‚ readily available to read. It requires that all Healthcare Staff are given mandatory training and refreshers are provided. Legislation
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Unsafe practices 2013 5 people died due to neglect. The main one being a nurse/carer gave the wrong dosage of warfarin to a resident which resulted in the lady being hospitalized and her MAR charts being falsified to hide the mistake‚ as the carers knew that if the hospital had seen the original MAR charts would have resulted in a CQC inspection and possibly the home being shut down. Nurses would shut door when residents were shouting for help. That resident could have been shouting for any number
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‘institutional abuse’ yet the Care Quality Commission had failed to raise the alarm. Victims: Residents Jean Halfpenny‚ left‚ and Doris Fielding‚ right. Mrs Halfpenny died after being neglected at Orchid View. She overdosed on the blood thinning drug warfarin ’Disgraceful: A five-week inquest has heard how residents were given the wrong medication and left soiled She said staff – several of whom are still working in the care sector – should be ‘ashamed’ of their behaviour‚ some of which involved shredding
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PART ONE Medical-Surgical Cases 1 1 Cardiovascular Cardiovascular Disorders Case Study 1 Heart Failure Difficulty: Beginning Setting: Emergency department‚ hospital Index Words: heart failure (HF)‚ cardiomyopathy‚ volume overload‚ quality of life X Scenario M.G.‚ a “frequent flier‚” is admitted to the emergency department (ED) with a diagnosis of heart failure (HF). She was discharged from the hospital 10 days ago and comes in today stating‚ “I just had to come to the hospital today because I
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simvastatin oral Uses *Simvastatin is used to help lower "bad" cholesterol and fats (such as LDL‚ triglycerides) and raise "good" cholesterol (HDL) in the blood. * It works by reducing the amount of cholesterol made by the liver. Lowering "bad" cholesterol and triglycerides and raising "good" cholesterol decreases the risk of heart disease and helps prevent strokes and heart attacks. How to use simvastatin oral * Take this medication by mouth with or without food as directed by your doctor‚
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