Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 8e
Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 8e
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780323358286
Author: Linda Lane Lilley PhD RN, Shelly Rainforth Collins PharmD, Julie S. Snyder MSN RN-BC
Publisher: Elsevier Science
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Chapter 39, Problem 3O
Summary Introduction

To discuss:

The indications, cautions, contraindications, mechanism of action, adverse effects, toxic effects, routes of administration, and drug interactions for the aminoglycosides, fluoroquinolones, clindamycin, metronidazole, nitrofurantoin, vancomycin, and miscellaneous antibiotics.

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Drugs that are used to treat bacterial infections are referred to as antibacterial agents. These antibacterial agents differ in their mode of action, which includes inhibition of cell wall, inhibition of protein and nucleic acid synthesis, and inhibition of essential metabolites synthesis. Antibiotics like aminoglycosides, quinolones, clindamycin, linezolid, metronidazole, nitrofurantoin, and vancomycin are mostly reserved to treat highly potent infections. These drugs are mainly given through parenteral route. Thus, these drugs necessitate more through and skillful assessment of that particular drug and the patient.

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