insulin and heprin antidotes

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Can anyone please tell me where I can find out about Insulin antidotes and where & why my professor's answer is D10 & D50? Also the antidote for heparin sodium, and the antidote for Morphine Sulfate (Ms Contin)?

I did open ALL my books both books the professor had us buy, my drug guide and my manual of nursing practice. Our professor's in the previous semester did not cover those solutions therefore we never went over them nor where we would find it to read about those solutions, however after READING TEXTBOOK AFTER TEXTBOOK I finally found it under dextrose in the drug guide. I wasn't being lazy about it AT ALL maybe our professor should have been more clear instead of just writing Insulin Antidote_________. just like that and no where will you find insulin antidote in those words unless we do not have a book that says that. And yes I know the other ones too its just they sheet of paper she emailed us that I think confused us all.

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Also if you read my comment I asked if anyone could tell me where I could find the information, what topic would I find it under because they didn't just have that under the diabetes chapter it talked about insulin and all the other problems that go along with diabetes but not the specific antidote my professor said D10 & D50 and no I don't google for my nursing answers I like to read everything I can about that topic in a book or a reputable site that I can back up my answers on why I am going to give that patient that particular treatment. I would never want someone to just give me an answer, you always have to have a rationale behind your answer which comes from reading. I like to get input on other resources people have used that some of us aren't aware of to increase our nursing knowledge

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Specializes in Anesthesia.

It is often easier and much faster to initially google the question/answer and then go to your text books for more detailed information.

Textbooks are fine, but the latest information is out of date before those textbooks are ever published.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidote

If you click on the definition for antidote this is probably why you were initially having so much trouble finding the answers.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
Narcan/naloxone is an opioid antagonist. Which I know that is what you meant to put. I am just clarifying it for the students.

LOL....but addicts that you give it to finds it puts them in agony....LOL I have been so sick....thanks wtbcrna

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
Also if you read my comment I asked if anyone could tell me where I could find the information, what topic would I find it under because they didn't just have that under the diabetes chapter it talked about insulin and all the other problems that go along with diabetes but not the specific antidote my professor said D10 & D50 and no I don't google for my nursing answers I like to read everything I can about that topic in a book or a reputable site that I can back up my answers on why I am going to give that patient that particular treatment. I would never want someone to just give me an answer, you always have to have a rationale behind your answer which comes from reading. I like to get input on other resources people have used that some of us aren't aware of to increase our nursing knowledge

Here is an excellent online IV med resource....Clinicians ultimate guide to drug therapy

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Also if you read my comment I asked if anyone could tell me where I could find the information, what topic would I find it under because they didn't just have that under the diabetes chapter it talked about insulin and all the other problems that go along with diabetes but not the specific antidote my professor said D10 & D50 and no I don't google for my nursing answers I like to read everything I can about that topic in a book or a reputable site that I can back up my answers on why I am going to give that patient that particular treatment. I would never want someone to just give me an answer, you always have to have a rationale behind your answer which comes from reading. I like to get input on other resources people have used that some of us aren't aware of to increase our nursing knowledge

There's absolutely nothing wrong with Googling. If you're going to flat out tell me you don't Google answers I'm going to have to say you're being too narrow and limiting yourself. Google can lead you to reputable sites.

I do realize you asked where to find the information. However, it came off as such a basic question that I was honestly puzzled as to why on earth you needed to know where to find the answer to "what is" questions. Obviously there was more you were wanting "but why" questions - that I simply didn't pick up on and it's probably because I just knew the answer and wasn't on the same page as you. So I do recognize that. However, I will reiterate ... Google is OK if you know how to use it. Don't shut yourself off from a useful supplemental tool. Also, I'm betting you have access to a HUGE database of medical and nursing journals through school. Just throwing out ideas.

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I have medscape on my phone... it's useful!

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