Verification of Medication

We are happy to help....however these can be looked up on Google. Look up each med and you WILL find your answer. Weren't you a pharm tech?

http://www.globalrph.com/pharmacokinetics_section.htm

I gave you a link to a good resource. Being a nurse is ALL about looking at information given to you and being able to get to tyhe bottom of what you need.

You are preparing to administer the following medication to a client with multiple health problems who has been hospitalized with deep vein thrombosis. Which medication is most important to double check with another nurse and why?

1. Famotidine 20 mg IV

2. Furosemide 40 mg IV

3. Digoxin 0.25 mg by mouth

4. Warfarin 2.5 mg by mouth

LOOK at your question. What is it asking?

hospitalized with deep vein thrombosis.

Now....

Which medication is most important to double check with another nurse and why

Now you look at each med. Why would you need to check that med? Why is it important?

http://www.ismp.org/Tools/highalertmedications.pdf

Which one is on this list in the form given in the question?

Just to add, none of those in your question is required for a nurse double check where I work.

If you look at the list of high alert meds that dudettte provided two of the meds are there...one has to do with the present hospitalization for sure one may not.

For the resord I ahve never double checked any of these meds with another nurse. I will check labs first but not another nurse.