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Generic Name: Eszopiclone
Brand Name: Lunesta
Class: Sedative, Hypnotic, Nonbenzodiazepine
Indication: Sleeping pill, Lunesta is used to treat insomnia.
Side effects: Confusion, clumsiness or unsteadiness (older adults), daytime anxiety and/or restlessness, difficulty with coordination (older adults), mood or mental changes.
Adverse effects: Headache, chest pain, migraine.
Nursing Tips:
Ref: Roach’s Introductory Clinical Pharmacology
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Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOI) are
Tyramine
Important: Clients taking MAOIs will need to avoid foods containing high levels of tyramine.
Common side effects of MAOIs include:
Nursing Implications:
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Generic name: Phenytoin Sodium. Brand name: Dilantin
Class: Antiepileptic, Anticonvulsant, Antiarrhythmic
Indication: Seizures, Cardiac Arrhythmias
Side effects:
Nursing Tips:
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‘Tis the season of giving 🙂 To bring out the special Christmas spirit and to usher in the new year, we have decided to host a new year sale.
FIRST – Continuing Education Courses are at 15% off for Nurses and Advanced Nurses in the following states:
By using the code SAVE15, you can save when you get the course
package for your respective state, and you will be renewal ready.
Course credits post to CE Broker website within 24 hours.
(*Alabama Board of Nursing accepts CE courses that are approved by other BON within the US, see link for reference – http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/docs/nurs/610-X-10.pdf)
SECOND – Two for the price of One! Rophem NCLEX Review for graduate nurses.
Get your license this New Year 2019 with Rophem and what better way to stay accountable than with a friend. Get one NCLEX review and invite a friend for FREE, or simply split the bill for double the reward! Now you and a friend can do it together – #passNCLEX! Register Now on rophem.com! Seats are limited!
January 7, 8, 9, 10 (Mon to Thur).
January 14, 15, 16, 17 (Mon to Thur) – 9 am each day.
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Congratulations!! You have achieved those things that you really wanted – you’ve finished nursing school, passed the NCLEX and now you probably secured your first job as a nurse or you are waiting to get one. So what’s next, how ready are you for the tasks ahead? There are challenges ahead and most graduates feel overwhelmed and unprepared; as a matter of fact, some new nurses find it hard to keep their first job past their orientation time.
I remember when I finished nursing school, honestly, it was a great achievement to become a nurse but then the reality of this lovely and wonderful profession can be shocking. As a graduate or new nurse, you really do not know everything; yes, you passed every test but you are still learning and now you learn where you work. Note that as a new nurse, you are not expected to have answers to every question. So here are some ideas to help get through your first year as a Nurse.
Welcome to the nursing profession!!!
Polycythemia vera is a rare disease in which the body makes too many red blood cells. The excess cells make the blood too thick, this thickness causes blood to flow very slowly. It is a slow-growing cancer of the blood.
A person may have this disease and not know, it may be discovered during a blood test for another reason. A rare disease that can occur at any age, but it is common in people over 60 years. Polycythemia vera can be life-threatening if it is not treated quickly. Survival time may be 10 to 15 years with new treatment.
There are two types:
Sign and Symptoms:
Complications include abnormal blood clots, which can lead to a heart attack or stroke.
Diagnostic tests:
Blood tests – elevated hemoglobin, increased platelets, uric acid, cobalamin levels. Increased histamine levels. Increased RBCs are noted in Bone marrow examination.
Treatment for polycythemia vera includes administering oxygen, radioisotope therapy, or chemotherapy agents for bone marrow suppression. Phlebotomy is the top treatment, to reduce the percentage of hematocrit; during phlebotomy, about 300ml of blood or more may be removed every other day until hematocrit is down to normal level.
Nursing Interventions
Reference: Lewis & Heitkemper, Med-Surg Nursing 2007
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Raynaud’s disease (Raynaud’s phenomenon)
Symptoms
Causes
Diagnostic tests – Cold stimulation test to trigger an episode
Treatment
Nursing Interventions
References
Reference: Lewis & Heitkemper, Med-Surg Nursing 2007
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A form of arthritis characterized by severe burning pain, redness, tenderness and stiffness in joints. Gout is a kind of arthritis caused by uric acid crystals forming in one or more joints.
Symptoms
Causes & Risk Factors
Treatment
Patient teaching – Teach patient to
Complications
Reference: Lewis & Heitkemper, Med-Surg Nursing 2007
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