nitroglycerin clarification

Up2nogood RN, RN · Feb 3, 2010

A transdermal patch is topical. I believe a drug reference guide will give you that answer. It really is best practice to rely on your facilities p & p and/or drug reference instead of random info off a public forum.

mcpnurse · Feb 3, 2010

no, im comparing the cream VS patch one....

mamamerlee, LPN · Feb 3, 2010

Check your drug reference guide or PDR.

manncer · Feb 4, 2010

Really nice. Why bother to reply if you're telling her "to look it up"? Jeeze, that really stinks. Maybe she would learn about something to do with her medication question that an experienced RN could tell her, that wasn't in the book.

NTG Patch is site changed daily to avoid skin irritation.

PedsDrNurseTheo, ADN, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, EMT-P, NP · Feb 4, 2010

Really nice. Why bother to reply if you're telling her "to look it up"? Jeeze, that really stinks. Maybe she would learn about something to do with her medication question that an experienced RN could tell her, that wasn't in the book.
NTG Patch is site changed daily to avoid skin irritation.

Maybe there is a reason to fact-check with an approved source such as a facilities' P and P, or a published drug guide for reliability, as opposed to a colloquial site that while a valuable resource for many things, is neither definitive, authoritative, or referenced. I get a lot of good info from this site. I use authorized and referenced information when it comes to patient safety issues.

Tittytat and mamamerlee were giving good, honest, and professional guidance - one nurse to another. "This is how you find the answer to your question in a definitive source ..."

Why did that offend you?

mcpnurse · Feb 4, 2010

thanks for the advice everyone! I was just a little confused b/c i did check my drug handbook and it mentioned that for NTG ointment, you rotate sites but did not mention it for the patch... so i was wondering if the rules were the same for both. I now know the answer to it, thanks :)

manncer · Feb 4, 2010

I run across the "look it up" answer all over the internet, at professional sites and non-professional. Of course it's good advice for crying out loud, but it scares nurses from asking again, when they get this drill sergeant answer. we're her to support each other, not make other, possibly new nurses tow the line. Any question asked is knowledge gathered. :twocents:

Up2nogood RN, RN · Feb 4, 2010

I run across the "look it up" answer all over the internet, at professional sites and non-professional. Of course it's good advice for crying out loud, but it scares nurses from asking again, when they get this drill sergeant answer. we're her to support each other, not make other, possibly new nurses tow the line. Any question asked is knowledge gathered.

I wasn't meaning to come off as rude to the OP. I've learned the hard way to look it up in my facilities p & p, online drug ref, or call pharmacy. If I asked 3 different nurses the same question I'd get 3 different answers. It's not their butt's that'll be in a sling for giving me wrong advice. It takes a little initiative and problem solving to learn whether one is a student or new nurse.