A nurse is preparing to administer chlorpromazine 0.55 mg/kg PO to an adolescent who weighs 110 lb... Arrange one-to-one observation of the client A nurse is planning care for an adolescent who is being admitted to an acute care unit following a suicide attempt... ...
The nurse must be alert for adverse reactions (Table 1). Close monitoring of the neonate's respiratory effort and blood pressure is important. Because of the various reported cases of myoclonus in neonates after lorazepam administration, close observation for seizure activity is imperative. Although ...
But in between nurse visits, my sisters and I had to be the nurses, which we didn’t know how to do. And we were effectively taking care of two people – my mom and my stepdad. Caring for my mom and trying to make sure she would eat, drink, and not fall trying to get from on...
“Pt threatened to smash up ward if he couldn’t have a cigarette and was verbally abusive towards staff. Verbal attempts made to distract and de-escalate Pt to no effect. Pt was given as requested medication, Lorazepam 1 mg”. [Male, C ward] ...
PRN is the acronym for ‘pro re nata,’ written against prescriptions whose administration should be based on patients’ needs, rather than at set times. The aim of this systematic review was to explore safety issues and adverse events arising from PRN prescription and administration. Electronic ...
can also be a means to avoid contact during a pandemic. As this pandemic illustrated, an overhaul to streamline health care is essential, and a move towards greater use of mobile health and telemedicine will greatly benefit public health to control the spread of new variants and future ...
If nets are to be used at all, this should only be the case in special circumstances, and never for longer than a few seconds (e.g., to administer an injection) [29]. With very aggressive or feral cats, it has been suggested that using nets for capturing may incur less stress than...