Topics About 'Medications'.

Providers write upwards of 45 million prescriptions for metoprolol annually(1). Nurses will encounter many patients on this drug, and this article will help you to administer metoprolol knowledgeably and safely. Following this article, you will ...

CONTENT What is it? Indications Contraindications Interactions / Side Effects Dosage Nursing Considerations FAQs Acetaminophen, often referred to by the brand name Tylenol, is one...

Just wondering what other school nurses do with student medications at the end of the year? Some will be prescription meds, inhalers, some OTC meds that have been kept in the nurse's office. In the past I send a reminder that medications must be pick...

Polypharmacy has swept the country. More than 40 percent of older Americans regularly take five or more prescription drugs, and nearly 20 percent take 10 or more. In addition to side effects, many medicines disrupt key nutrients in the body. There's ...

I am the Resident Care Supervisor at a Retirement/Assisted Living facility. When we nurses administer medication we have several residents we have to supervise take their meds because they forget to take them. We have one resident who is very very re...

What do you all do with the inevitable unclaimed meds left in your med closet?

I refused to pull meds for another nurse to pass. Although the meds would of still been in the sealed package and pill bottles placed in the patients box, I refused. I cannot guarantee the other nurse passing them will verify correctly and/or adminis...

My question is: If a physician writes a valid order for a non-controlled medication in a prison setting and the medication (Hydroxyzine) has not yet arrived, is it beyond the nurse's scope of practice to provide the inmate with an available dose of t...

I have a questions regarding medications and mixing of medications. When giving multiple medications through a nasogastric feeding tube, you must crush and give separately and flush in between to prevent the medications from interacting with each ot...

Do you keep medications like tylenol or ibuprofen for staff in your office? When I first came to this school there were several bottles of otc meds left, not students meds. They have since expired and been disposed of but the teachers come in and ask...

Hi guys, I just wanted a sounding board for this. I worked this weekend as a Supervisor, I'm an RN. We had a patient who needed Narcan, he had an order for it and we have a Narcan policy in the building. I went to the Med room to get it and it wasn'...

I had a parent try to have me administer prednisolone to her child. The prescription was once a day for 5 days and the reason was for an asthma exacerbation. However, for several reasons, we decided that she should administer this medication at home....

Most of us have likely searched for a bargain on an internet forum, like eBay or Craigslist. But, what about costly medications that are necessary for your health? A new study, published this month on JAMA Online, shows just how difficult it is for s...

It is by no means exhaustive. On the contrary, I have made effort to remove medications that although may be textbook standards of care, I have not encountered in practice, or medications that may be falling out of favor, but still part of some medic...

Are you a brand new nurse that just obtained the first job in the Emergency Room? Or an experienced nurse that has decided to master a new specialty? Well, whichever boat you might be in, here is a head start for you. Below is a list of medications t...

Acetaminophen, a medication used for the relief of pain and fever, is a common staple in medicine cabinets around the world and can be found in both over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription formulations. Outside of North America, acetaminophen is bett...

I am a 3rd semester nursing student set to graduate soon. I have some questions about when you are administering medications as a new nurse. When you first start out and are looking at the MAR for each of your patients, do you look up every drug...

I've been working in psych for almost 2 years. I've been putting haldol, benadryl and ativan in the same syringe for the entire time I've been working this specialty. I remember asking about this when I first started and told you can. I've never seen...

Pregnancy and Lactation The issue of medication use during pregnancy is of concern because the physiology of pregnancy affects the pharmokinetics of medications used, and certain medications can reach the fetus and cause harm. studying medicatio...