The document summarizes a drug study for Patient AM who was admitted on October 6, 2022. It provides details on the drug Paracetamol/Acetaminophen including its indication, contraindications, side effects, dosage of 500mg orally as needed for fever, and the nursing responsibilities in administering the drug such as checking the doctor's order, verifying the patient's identity, monitoring vital signs, instructing the patient, and documenting. The nursing responsibilities are to safely administer the drug, monitor for side effects and the patient's condition, and educate the patient.
The document summarizes a drug study for Patient AM who was admitted on October 6, 2022. It provides details on the drug Paracetamol/Acetaminophen including its indication, contraindications, side effects, dosage of 500mg orally as needed for fever, and the nursing responsibilities in administering the drug such as checking the doctor's order, verifying the patient's identity, monitoring vital signs, instructing the patient, and documenting. The nursing responsibilities are to safely administer the drug, monitor for side effects and the patient's condition, and educate the patient.
The document summarizes a drug study for Patient AM who was admitted on October 6, 2022. It provides details on the drug Paracetamol/Acetaminophen including its indication, contraindications, side effects, dosage of 500mg orally as needed for fever, and the nursing responsibilities in administering the drug such as checking the doctor's order, verifying the patient's identity, monitoring vital signs, instructing the patient, and documenting. The nursing responsibilities are to safely administer the drug, monitor for side effects and the patient's condition, and educate the patient.
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Name of Patient: Patient AM Date of Admission: October 6,2022 Room: 104
Age: 56 YEARS OLD Sex: _ F Civil Status: single Attending Physician: Dr. Magallona CLASSIFICATION NURSING DRUG NAME INDICATION CONTRAINDICATIO SIDE/ADVERSE / RESPONSIBILITY NS EFFECTS MECHANISM OF ACTION BRAND NAME: Paracetamol is a mild >caloric undernutrition. SIDE EFFECTS: > Check doctor’s order PARACETAMOL Appears to inhibit analgesic and antipyretic, > acute liver failure. prostaglandin synthesis and is recommended for the >liver problems. GENERIC: in the CNS and, to a treatment of most painful and >a condition where the >compare the medication febrile conditions, for ADVERSE EFFECT: ACETAMINOPHEN lesser extent, block body is unable to maintain example, headache including to the e-MAR pain impulses through migraine, toothache, adequate blood flow called >Early Signs of DOSAGE: peripheral action. neuralgia, colds and shock. Acetaminophen Toxicity: 500mg Acts centrally on influenza, sore throat, >acetaminophen overdose. Anorexia, nausea, >Review Patients hypothalamic heat backache, rheumatic pain >acute inflammation of the ROUTE: regulating center, liver due to hepatitis C diaphoresis, fatigue laboratory results and dysmenorrhoea. producing peripheral virus. within first 12–24 hrs. Oral administration vasodilation (heat loss, FREQUENCY: skin erythema, di >Later Signs of Toxicity: >verify patient’s identity AS NEEDED FOR aphoresis). Vomiting, right upper quadrant tenderness, FEVER Therapeutic Effect: elevated hepatic function > Monitor Patient’s vital Results tests within 48–72 hrs after ingestion. signs especially in antipyresis. Produces analgesic effect. temperature.
REFERENCES: Antidote: Acetylcysteine
Kee, J. L. F., Hayes, E. >instruct patient about the R., & McCuistion, L. E. route of administration, (2015). Pharmacology: A patient-centered nursing about the medication and process approach. the possible effects. Elsevier/Saunders.
>adjust bed elevation
>assess for patients ability to drink and eat
>provide patients comfort
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>administer the drug
>offer patient water
>instruct patient to lay in
bed after 5minutes of swallowing the drug to avoid aspiration
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