Reaction Paper On Etthylene Glycol

Dosages of the drug vary from one extreme to another based upon the patients needs.

5. Start triamcinolone 0.1% ointment b.i.d. to t.i.d. p.r.n. resistant itching over his legs, back, and arms avoiding the groin, feet, and face. Please give the patient 60 g tubes and allow him to use it p.r.n. for 2-3 months for itching.

In patients stabilised on diuretic therapy, the recommended initial dose is 1.25 mg daily. The dose should be doubled every 1-2 weeks up to a maximum dosage of 10 mg with two administrations daily.

no further medication changes. K.N. is instructed to fi nish the remaining 2 days of

Irrespective of the potential metabolic acidosis, Initial management of both DKA and HHS is focused on rehydration. The aim is to replace fluids in the both the intravascular and extra vascular spaces, while simultaneously diluting glucose levels (and thus lower osmolality) and counter-regulatory hormones (Raghavan, 2014) The Monash Health HHS & DKA

Make sure you can read the prescription and directions for use. If anything is illegible, ask the prescriber to re-write or type it.

A nurse should maintain doses administration as per repeated cycle of frequencies every 4 hours or 3 hours per day. Guidelines that facilitate the administration of time-critical

The consequences of ethanol are dependent on the time of administration and duration of treatment (3).

The dose was calculated from the Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs by taking the mild treatment for dehydration 50 mL/kg. I used this value since TA’s diarrhea was mild. TA’s weight is 14.54 kg; this value is used to get the mL value to administer (727 mL). Then converted to fluid ounces for ease of patient understanding (24.57 fluid ounces). So I took this value and divided it by four hours to get the dose per hour. This resulted to 6.14 fluid ounces which I rounded down to 6 fluid ounces per hour.

6. The physician orders alendronate (Fosamax) 70mg/wk. what instructions should you give M.S. regarding alendronate?

The oral dosage would be 6 - 10 mg/kg PO (mixed in cola or other beverage) given 30 minutes before procedure.

Nursing considerations: Obtain baseline data (heart rate and rhythm, blood pressure, and electrolytes) before giving first dose. Dose is adjusted to patient's clinical condition and is monitored by serum levels of cardiac glycoside, calcium, potassium, magnesium, and by ECG. Check for symptoms of toxicity.

b.ii. The dosage will depend on the age, weight, and other health issues of the person.

As the nurse you must hold for elevated levels, over 100-400 ng/mL; and monitor for Nephrotoxicity, hypertension, hepatotoxicity, tremors, and seizure (Urden, Stacy, & Lough, 2014, p. 963).

Is this Safe?: NO. The dose should be lesser. 25-50mg for lesser interval of q2H.