URDANETA CITY UNIVERSITY

San Vicente West, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan 2428

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

DRUG STUDY
Name of Student:_______________________________________________________ Year Level and Group: ______________________________

Affiliating Agency/Area: ___________________________________________ Month/Year of Exposure: ________________________

DRUG CLASSIFICATION INDICATION SIDE EFFECTS ADVERSE EFFECTS NURSING RESPONSIBILITIES

Generic Name: It is indicated for the ● Loss of appetite ● Bronchospasm

Folic Acid Vitamin B complex group

Water-Soluble Vitamin
treatment of folic acid
deficiency, megaloblastic
anemia, and in anemias
● Nausea

● Abdominal swelling
● Erythema

● Malaise
Assess vital
signs for
of nutritional origins,
Brand Name: pregnancy, infancy, or ● Bloating ● Pruritus
childhood.
Folvite ● Stomach pain ● Skin rash

Dosage:
● Bitter or bad taste in
the mouth
● Slight flushing
baseline
data.
● Insomnia
500 mg
MECHANISM OF CONTRAINDICATIONS ● Difficulty concentrating
ACTION

Assess vital
● Irritability
Route:

Directl
● Sleep problems
PO

signs for
● Hypersensitivity to the ● Feeling excited
drug

y
● Depression
Frequency:
● Confusion
QD
baseline
affects
● Impaired judgment

data.
neurore ● Determine reticulocyte count, hematocrit, Vitamin
 B12, iron folate levels before beginning therapy.

ceptor ● Obtain a
administration.
sensitivity test history before

sites to ● Asses the nutritional status of the patient.

● Asses for drugs currently taken like estrogen,

carbamazepine, glucocorticoids, and hydantoins.

stimula These drugs may increase folic acid use by body to a

deficiency if taking other neurotoxic drugs.

te
● Avoid IV administration because faster systemic
elimination will reduce effectiveness of vitamin.

● Don’t give large doses of Vitamin B12 routinely;

contrac
drug is lost through excretion.

● Don’t mix parenteral preparation in same syringe

with other drugs.

tion of ● Protect Vitamin B12 from light. Don’t refrigerate or

freezer.

the
● Monitor patient for hypokalemia for first 48 hours,
as anemia correct itself. Give potassium
supplements, as needed.

uterus
● Teach the patient to take drugs exactly as
prescribed.

● Teach the patient to notify the physician if any

during allergic reaction occurs.

labor
especia
lly
toward
the end
of
the
pregna
ncy,
helping
expel
the
baby. It
also
contrac
ts
myoepi
thelial
cells in
the
breasts,
causing
milk to
be
express
ed from
the
alveoli
into the
ducts
so
that the
baby
can
obtain
it
by
sucklin
g
Directl
y
affects
neurore
ceptor
sites to
stimula
te
contrac
tion of
the
uterus
during
labor
especia
lly
toward
the end
of
the
pregna
ncy,
helping
expel
the
baby. It
also
contrac
ts
myoepi
thelial
cells in
the
breasts,
causing
milk to
be
express
ed from
the
alveoli
into the
ducts
so
that the
baby
can
obtain
it
by
sucklin
g
Directl
y
affects
neurore
ceptor
sites to
stimula
te
contrac
tion of
the
uterus
during
labor
especia
lly
toward
the end
of
the
pregna
ncy,
helping
expel
the
baby. It
also
contrac
ts
myoepi
thelial
cells in
the
breasts,
causing
milk to
be
express
ed from
the
alveoli
into the
ducts
so
that the
baby
can
obtain
it
by
sucklin
g
● Necessary for
formation of coenzymes
in metabolic systems
(purine and pyrimidine
synthesis required for
maintenance in
erythropoiesis);
stimulates platelet
production in folate
deficiency anemia

● Enhances elimination
of formic acid in
methanol toxicity via
 provision of coenzyme to
folate dehydrogenase

 
Checked by: ____________________________________ Date: ______________________
Clinical Instructor’s Name and Signature