I had a 70 y/o patient admitted the other night from a back surgery. As I was getting her history from her daughters and got to the renal section to ask if she had kidney failure, they said that it hadn't been diagnosed but she has been having some low urine output and she was set to see the renal doctor in a few weeks. However they also vaguely said that it had been improving over the last year. She had been having quite a bit of pain so her surgeon ordered 15mg of toradol and a norco 10 to be given q6h rather than prn.
I was drowning with 4 other post-op patients and probably should have questioned the order with the dr. but I administered the toradol, only to end up worrying about it the next day once I finally had some rest (you know how it is nurses...)
we don't usually give toradol on back patients due to the chance for vertebral hematomas. i usually ask for an alternative med if there is any chance of renal risk. families are not always great historians.
however i seriously doubt one dose of only 15mg is gonna knock someone into ARF...
nurseniki511
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we don't usually give toradol on back patients due to the chance for vertebral hematomas. i usually ask for an alternative med if there is any chance of renal risk. families are not always great historians.
however i seriously doubt one dose of only 15mg is gonna knock someone into ARF...