This document provides information about the drug Ketorolac, including its classification, indication, dosing and administration, mechanism of action, contraindications, side effects, and nursing responsibilities. Specifically, it states that Ketorolac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used for carefully considered pain management. It works by inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis and has side effects like headache, dyspepsia, and gastrointestinal pain. Nurses are responsible for monitoring patients for asthma, ulcers, liver or kidney issues, and reporting any unusual bleeding or changes.
This document provides information about the drug Ketorolac, including its classification, indication, dosing and administration, mechanism of action, contraindications, side effects, and nursing responsibilities. Specifically, it states that Ketorolac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used for carefully considered pain management. It works by inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis and has side effects like headache, dyspepsia, and gastrointestinal pain. Nurses are responsible for monitoring patients for asthma, ulcers, liver or kidney issues, and reporting any unusual bleeding or changes.
This document provides information about the drug Ketorolac, including its classification, indication, dosing and administration, mechanism of action, contraindications, side effects, and nursing responsibilities. Specifically, it states that Ketorolac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used for carefully considered pain management. It works by inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis and has side effects like headache, dyspepsia, and gastrointestinal pain. Nurses are responsible for monitoring patients for asthma, ulcers, liver or kidney issues, and reporting any unusual bleeding or changes.
Date Name of Classification Dose, Mechanism of Contraindications Side Effects Nursing
Ordered Drug and Indication Rouse, & Action Responsibilities
Frequency
Generic Classification: 30mg/ml Inhibits History of -Headache - Document
name: Non-steroidal synthesis of asthma, active -Dyspepsia indications for prostaglandins -GI pain therapy, Ketorolac anti- peptic ulceration in body tissues -Nausea onset, inflammatory or GI bleeding. -Diarrhea by inhibiting at location and agents. -Dizziness least 2 cyclo- pain. -Pruritus Indication: oxygenase - Assess any -Edema (COX) -Increased asthma, Carefully isoenzymes, blood urea aspirin consider the COX-1 and nitrogen induced potential COX-2 (BUN) allergy or benefit and May inhibit -Constipation nasal drop. risk of chemotaxis, -Purpura Determine alter -Increased any liver or ketorolac and serum lymphocyte renal other creatinine activity, dysfunction treatments -Drowsiness - Report any option before decrease proinflammatory unusual deciding to bleeding, cytokine use ketorolac. weight gain, activity, and Use the inhibit swelling of lowest feet and neutrophil effective dose change in aggregation; for the urine patterns these effects otr lack of shortest may contribute response. duration to anti- consistent inflammatory with individual activity patient treatment goal.