Contraindication

Intimacy during Pregnancy Introduction and topics included in the presentation Sex BC (before child) Will sex hurt the baby? Sexual desire in pregnancy Expected changes and adjustments Contra indications to intercourse Sex and your baby Sex will not harm or injury you baby (NICE, 2008) There is risk of developing a sexually transmitted infections if you have a new partner and some of these infections are potentially harmful to your baby. Early pregnancy in the first trimester (4 - 13…

Preventing Adverse Effects Decision-making support tools built into web-based EHR systems help prevent adverse events associated with drug allergies and negative drug interactions caused by food or other medications. Expeditious access to drug contraindications, patient history and pharmaceutical information enables providers to make faster decisions when prescribing or administering medication at the point of care. From a broader perspective, pertinent information recorded in a patient EHR can…

many errors is created. For instance, every step in the process of prescription, administration, and monitoring has the potential for error, which can occur in several ways. Errors in prescription may include inadequate knowledge on the drug contraindications, indications, and drug interaction. Prescription errors may also result from failure to consider individual patient aspects that would change prescribing such as pregnancy, allergies, co-morbidities such as renal stultification, and the…

environmental, and human issues. For example, technical issues such as network failures or unforeseen power outages could prevent the nurse from accessing the CPRS. As a result, the nurse would be unable to view the patient’s EHR, verify orders, assess contraindications, and/or obtain details necessary to meet the “five rights” of the medication administration process (Edwards & Axe, 2015; Hunter, 2011). Likewise, network issues or power outages could disable the automated medication system…

Providing comfort and safety to critically ill patient in intensive care unit is the biggest concern of any health care provider. Sedative, opioids, and neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) are commonly used with a goal of achieving comfort and maintaining safety in the critically ill patients. Sedation has become an important part of critical care practice in minimizing patient discomfort and agitation. However, sedation has its own adverse effects too. An observational study of Kollef and…

allergies to sesame seed oil due to how it is produced. However, nabilone, the other legal cannabinoid, has fewer metabolites, which might translate into a reduced risk for side effects. As for my patient, I would make sure that there were no contraindications for the use of medical marijuana (such as allergy issues), and make my patient fully aware of the possible side effects that may occur with cannabinoids. After weighing out the pros and cons of the situation, if medical marijuana would…

Chao-xing is visiting her OB/GYN for the first time. Chao-xing is a full-time homemaker and attends college online. She immigrated to the United States 3 years ago with her husband and 4 year old daughter, from the northern part of China. Her husband is employed in the auto industry. She lives in a two bedroom apartment with her family. She has no family here in the United States except for her husband and child. She reports that her last menstrual period was 5/28 of this year, with an EDD of…

Pharmacology 1 Major Assignment Salbutamol The chemical name of salbutamol is 1-(4-hydroxy-3-hydroxymethylphenyl)-2-(t-butylamino)-ethanol sulphate, chemical structure is (C13H21NO3)2 • H2SO4 and molecular weight is 576.7g/mol Generic Name: albuterol Commonly used brand name(s): Available doses and dosage forms: Oral salbutamol: Adults and Children over 12 years: Usual starting dosage of salbutamol is 2mg or 4 mg 3 or 4 times a day. A dosage exceeding 4 milligrams of salbutamol 4 times…

“Fluanxol”  Introduction : • History and background : - Fluanxol is a thioxanthene derivative which contains flupentixol as active substances. It belongs to group of medicines known as antidepressants drugs which act on nerve pathway in specific areas of the brain and help in correcting some chemical imbalances that cause the symptoms of this illness. - Its International Non-proprietary Name (INN) is flupentixol , but its British Approved Name (BAN) is flupenthixol and it is known in the market…

The Role of Alpha-1 Adrenergic Receptor in Disease Adrenergic receptors are a class of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) which are activated by catecholamines in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Alpha-1 adrenergic receptors (1-AR) are systematic vasoconstrictors: their activation constricts blood vessels by the contraction of vascular smooth muscle. These transmembrane receptors are activated by the binding of epinephrine or norepinephrine, which creates intracellular signals via…