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Nursing Guide to Drug Administration

This document provides information about 5 drugs: Plasil, Ranitidine, Amoxicillin, Cephalexin. For each drug, it lists the classification, indication, dosage/administration time, contraindications, side effects, and nursing considerations. The nursing considerations focus on monitoring for side effects, encouraging rest, and providing instructions to patients to reduce discomfort.

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Nursing Guide to Drug Administration

This document provides information about 5 drugs: Plasil, Ranitidine, Amoxicillin, Cephalexin. For each drug, it lists the classification, indication, dosage/administration time, contraindications, side effects, and nursing considerations. The nursing considerations focus on monitoring for side effects, encouraging rest, and providing instructions to patients to reduce discomfort.

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CLASSIFI ACTION DOS ROUTE/ INDICATIO CONTRAINDIC SIDE NURSING

DRUG
CATION E TIME NS ATIONS EFFECTS CONSIDERATION
Plasil Antiemetic Stimulates 10 mg Q8 prn -Management contraindicated in - nausea and -Assess patient for
(Metoclopra s motility of / tab p.o of esophageal patients with vomiting nausea, vomiting,
mide) known sensitivity -bowel
the upper reflux or intolerance to disorder abdominal distention,
GI tract - Treatment the drug -diarrhea and bowel sounds before
and and and after administration.
accelerate prevention of -Advise patient to avoid
s gastric postoperative concurrent use of alcohol
-drowsiness
emptying. nausea and and other CNS
vomiting depressant while taking
this medication.

- asses
Ranitidine Anti-acid; Inhibits 150m Bid p.o -Short term -hypersensitive to -Headache -encourage adequate
(Ulzan) anti- action of g / tab treatment; the drug bed rest periods to
inflammator histamine Maintenance prevent fatigue.
y on the H2 therapy for -Dizziness -encourage adequate
at receptor duodenal or bed rest periods to
sites of gastric ulcer conserve energy
parietal -have client to try dry
cells, -Nausea and food such as crackers,
decreasing vomiting toast, and dry cereal
gastric when nausea
acid throughout the day as
secretion appropriate.
-encourage the client to
reduce fluid and food
intake to avoid
aspirations.

1g Q6 p.o Infections of Contraindicated to


Amoxicillin Aminopenic Prevents the patients who are -Dizziness -encourage adequate
illin and bacterial respiratory hypersensitive to bed rest periods to
beta- cell wall tract, and drug prevent fatigue.
lactamase synthesis skin
inhibitor during structures -encourage adequate
replication -Nausea and bed rest periods to
vomiting conserve energy

- encourage the client to


-abdominal do deep breathing
Cephalexin First Inhibits Treat Contraindicated to -dizziness - encourage adequate bed
generation cell wall infections hypersensitive to rest periods to conserve
of synthesis, caused by cephalosporins -headache energy
cephalospor promoting bacteria, -instruct patient to take
ins osmotic including -indigestion drug with food or milk to
instability; upper lessen GI discomfort
usually respiratory -stomach -encourage the client to
bactericida infections, pain do deep breathing
l skin exercises.
infections

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