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By Susan M. Ford MN RN CNE, Sally S. Roach MSN RN CNE
This center textual content deals LPN/LVN scholars a transparent, concise creation to pharmacology, concentrating on simple ideas and the nurse's accountability in drug management. equipped by way of physique procedure, the e-book examines pharmacologic homes and healing functions of drug periods. precis Drug Tables current everyday and alternate drug names, makes use of, hostile reactions, and ordinary dosage levels. This version has completely up-to-date drug info, a brand new "Pharmacology in perform" case learn function, Nursing signals, Lifespan signals, continual Care indicators, variety indicators, and extra fabric at the nursing process.
A bound-in CD-ROM and a spouse site comprise an NCLEX® trade merchandise layout educational, a Spanish-English audio thesaurus, monographs on a hundred most ordinarily prescription drugs, pay attention and research, thoughts in motion animations, Watch and examine videos, and dosage calculation quizzes, plus the total textual content on-line.
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For example, atropine sulfate is a widely used drug that is so well known that all manufacturers use the official name. In this case only the official name, atropine sulfate, will be found on the label. Drugs may be prescribed by either the trade name or the official or generic name. See Figure 3-1 for an example of a drug label showing the trade and generic names. The dosage strength is also given on the container. The dosage strength is the average strength given to a patient as one dose. If necessary, the dosage strength is used to calculate the number of tablets or the amount of CHAPTER 3 ● Review of Arithmetic and Calculation of Drug Dosages 39 Trade name Official name or generic FIGURE 3-1.
Benson to stress the importance of recording the administration of narcotics immediately after they are given. 2. A nurse is to give an SC injection of heparin to a patient. Determine what information the nurse needs to know about the patient before preparing the injection. Discuss how this information would affect the preparation of the injection and the technique used to give the SC injection. 3. After administering a drug to a patient you find that the incorrect dosage was given. The dose that you administered was two times the correct dosage.
Some of these products have directions for reconstitution on the label or on the enclosed package insert. The manufacturer may give either of the following information for reconstitution: (1) the name of the diluent(s) that must be used with the drug, or (2) the amount of diluent that must be added to the drug. In some instances, the manufacturer supplies a diluent with the drug. If a diluent is supplied, no other stock diluent should be used. Before a drug is reconstituted, the label is carefully checked for instructions.