DRUG NAME CLASSIFICATION INDICATION ACTION SIDE EFFECTS NURSING PATIENT TEACHING

CONSIDERATION
Generic name: Anti-emetics •Management of Physiologic Restlessness, • Assess patient for Educate patient family
Dobutamine esophageal Mechanism drowsiness, fatigue. nausea, vomiting, about the reason for drug
reflux Extrapyramidal abdominal distention, and administration
Brand name: • Decreased nausea symptoms, bowel sounds before and
Plasil • Treatment and and vomiting. insomnia, after administration.
prevention of headache,
Dosage: postoperative • Decreased dizziness, nausea, • May cause drowsiness.
1 amp IV PRN nausea and symptoms of galactorrhea,
vomiting gastric stasis. gynecomastia, rash • Advise patient to avoid
including urticaria, concurrent use of alcohol
Pharmacologic bowel disturbances. and other CNS depressant
Mechanism Increased prolactin while taking this
levels; gastroparesis medication.
• Blocks dopamine
receptors in • Advise patient to notify
chemoreceptor health care professional
trigger zone of the immediately if involuntary
CNS. movement of eyes, face or
limbs occurs.
• Stimulates
motility of the
upper GI tract and
accelerates gastric
emptying.
DRUG NAME CLASSIFICATION INDICATION ACTION SIDE EFFECTS NURSING PATIENT TEACHING
CONSIDERATION
Generic name: Antipyretic To relieve mild Paracetamol • Hematologic:  Use liquid form for A paracetamol overdose is
Paracetamol to reduces fever and hemolytic anemia, children and particularly
moderate pain relieves the neutropenia, patients who dangerous because
Brand name: due muscular pain leucopenia, have difficulty the liver damage may
Biogesic pancytopenia. swallowing. not be obvious for
to things such characteristic of
• Hepatic: four to six days after
as influenza. This is
Dosage: Jaundice • Warn patient the drug has been
500 mg/tab, 1 headache, a nontoxic drug • Metabolic: taken. Even if
that high doses
tab q4 PRN for muscle that has excellent Hypoglycemia or unsupervised someone who has
temp. 37.8 and joint pain, gastric tolerance • Skin: rash, urticaria long term use taken a paracetamol
backache and and is increasingly can cause liver overdose seems fine
period pains. It accepted and used. damage. and doesn't have any
is symptoms, it's
also used to essential that they are
bring taken to hospital urgently.
down a high An overdose of
temperature. paracetamol can be fatal.
Paracetamol is
often included
in
cough, cold and
flu remedies
DRUG NAME CLASSIFICATION INDICATION ACTION SIDE EFFECTS NURSING PATIENT TEACHING
CONSIDERATION
Generic name: ANTIINFECTIVE; Effectively Body as a Whole:  Determine history of Hypersensitivity to
Cefuroxime ANTIBIOTIC; treats To reduce the hypersensitivity cephalosporins and related
SECOND- bone and joint development of Thrombophlebitis reactions to antibiotics; pregnancy
Brand name: GENERATION infections, drug-resistant (IV site); pain, cephalosporins, (category B), lactation.
Ceftin CEPHALOSPORIN burning, cellulitis penicillins, and history
bronchitis, bacteria
(IM site); of allergies,
meningitis,
Dosage: particularly to drugs,
gonorrhea, otitis superinfections,
750mg q8 before therapy is
media, positive Coombs'
ANST(-) IV initiated.
TID pharyngitis/tons test. • Inspect IM and IV
illiti injection sites
s, sinusitis, GI:Diarrhea, frequently for signs of
nausea, antibiotic- phlebitis.
lower
associated colitis. • Report onset of loose
respiratory tract Skin:Ra sh ,
infections, skin stools or diarrhea.
pruritus, urticaria. Although
and Urogenital: pseudomembranous
soft tissue
colitis.
infections, Increased serum • Monitor I&O rates and
urinary creatinine and pattern: Especially
tract infections, BUN, decreased important in severely
and creatinine ill patients receiving
is used for clearance. high doses. Report any
surgical significant changes.
prophylaxis,
reducing or
eliminating
infection.