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    This document lists common cardiac medications, what they are used to treat, potential adverse reactions, and important nursing considerations. It includes medications like Lanoxin for heart failure and arrhythmias, Aldactone as a diuretic, Coumadin as an anticoagulant, Heparin and Verapamil as calcium channel blockers, Lisinopril as an ACE inhibitor, and Hydrochlorothiazide as a diuretic. For each medication, nurses should monitor for reactions like bleeding, electrolyte imbalances, organ toxicity, and arrhythmias. Labs and vital signs are important to track baseline values and detect any changes.

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    This document lists common cardiac medications, what they are used to treat, potential adverse reactions, and important nursing considerations. It includes medications like Lanoxin for heart failure and arrhythmias, Aldactone as a diuretic, Coumadin as an anticoagulant, Heparin and Verapamil as calcium channel blockers, Lisinopril as an ACE inhibitor, and Hydrochlorothiazide as a diuretic. For each medication, nurses should monitor for reactions like bleeding, electrolyte imbalances, organ toxicity, and arrhythmias. Labs and vital signs are important to track baseline values and detect any changes.

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    Cardiac Meds: Jessica Tanner

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    Jessica Tanner
    This document lists common cardiac medications, what they are used to treat, potential adverse reactions, and important nursing considerations. It includes medications like Lanoxin for heart failure and arrhythmias, Aldactone as a diuretic, Coumadin as an anticoagulant, Heparin and Verapamil as calcium channel blockers, Lisinopril as an ACE inhibitor, and Hydrochlorothiazide as a diuretic. For each medication, nurses should monitor for reactions like bleeding, electrolyte imbalances, organ toxicity, and arrhythmias. Labs and vital signs are important to track baseline values and detect any changes.

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    Jessica Tanner

    Cardiac Meds
    As a nurse, what adverse
    Nursing cares that go
    Name of Medication What is it given for? reactions should I be
    with this medication
    looking for?

    Lanoxin (digoxin) Helps make the heart beat AV block, severe 1. Check labs- toxic
    stronger and with a more bradycardia, ventricular levels are >2 ng/mL
    regular rhythm; also for arrhythmias, 2. Monitor parameters
    HF and Afib thrombocytopenia, for Cr, electrolytes,
    delirium HR at baseline, then
    periodically

    Aldactone Potassium-sparing Anaphylaxis, Stevens- 1. Check Cr, electrolytes


    (spironolactone) diuretic, antihypertensive, Johnson syndrome, at baseline, then
    decreases renal perfusion hepatotoxicity, renal periodically
    failure, electrolyte 2. Monitor potassium
    imbalance, arrhythmias closely

    Coumadin (warfarin) DVT/PE prophylaxis, Major or fatal 1. Talk to your patient


    anticoagulant, treat or BLEEDING, pt should about avoiding alcohol
    prevent blood clots take pregnancy test at 2. Give your patient a list
    baseline, Hct, PT/INR as of juices and food to
    indicated eliminate from their
    diet

    heparin Anticoagulant, Hemorrhage, severe 1. Monitor PT/INR at


    hyperkalemia- decreases thrombocytopenia, baseline, then
    clotting ability of blood HIT/HITT, injection site periodically
    necrosis, bleeding 2. Monitor Hgb and
    Platelets at baseline,
    then periodically
    3. Monitor aPTT at
    baseline, then
    periodically
    4. Stool occult blood
    tests

    amiodarone Treats life-threatening Pulmonary toxicity, 1. Monitor LFT and


    heart rhythm disorders hepatotoxicity, TFTs at baseline, then
    proarrhythmic, severe periodically, and chest
    bradycardia, AV block, x-ray
    tornadoes de pointes, 2. Monitor BP, ECG,
    CHF, cardiogenic shock, electrolytes
    ARDS (among a very long 3. Call your doctor if you
    list of other reactions) have chest pain,
    trouble breathing,
    jaundice or cough up
    blood
    Jessica Tanner

    Cardiac Meds
    As a nurse, what adverse
    Nursing cares that go
    Name of Medication What is it given for? reactions should I be
    with this medication
    looking for?

    Propanolol Beta-blocker that affects CHF, severe bradycardia, 1. Monitor BP/HR


    the heart and circulation. MI if abrupt D/C, heart 2. Check if patient has
    Used to treat tremors, block, Raynaud asthma-
    angina, HTN, heart rhythm phenomenon, contraindication
    disorders and other bronchospasm 3. If patient has a very
    circulatory conditions. Can slow heart rate, check
    also be used to with doctor as this
    treat/prevent heart attack becomes a
    and to reduce severity and contraindication
    frequency of migraine 4. Patient should not use
    headaches if they have an AV
    block or “sick sinus
    syndrome”

    Verapamil Calcium channel blocker- Angioedema, severe 1. Monitor BUN/Cr at


    relaxes the muscles hypotension, baseline, more
    muscles of your heart and hyperkalemia, syncope, frequently if patient
    blood vessels. Used to CHF, pulmonary edema, has CHF or renal
    treat high blood pressure AV block, hepatotoxicity, artery stenosis, then
    renal impairment, periodically
    pancreatitis, 2. Monitor electrolytes
    thrombocytopenia, and HR
    bradycardia 3. ECG if hepatic or
    renal impairment
    4. Patient should not use
    potassium
    supplements or salt
    substitutes

    lisinopril ACE inhibitor used to treat Angioedema, severe 1. Monitor BUN/Cr at


    HTN in adults and hypotension, baseline, more
    children who are at least 6 hyperkalemia, SIADH, frequently if patient
    years old. Also used to Stevens-Johnson has CHF or renal
    treat CHF or improve syndrome, hepatotoxicity, artery stenosis, then
    survival after heart attack renal impairment, periodically
    pancreatitis, neutropenia 2. Monitor electrolytes
    and HR
    3. Monitor patient for
    cough
    Jessica Tanner

    Cardiac Meds
    As a nurse, what adverse
    Nursing cares that go
    Name of Medication What is it given for? reactions should I be
    with this medication
    looking for?

    Microzide Thiazide diuretic (water Severe hypokalemia, 1. Monitor BUN/Cr


    (hydrochlorothiazide) pill) the helps prevent your electrolyte imbalance, 2. Monitor electrolytes at
    body from absorbing too arrhythmias, pancreatitis, baseline, then
    much salt, which can photosensitivity, renal periodically
    cause fluid retention. Also failure, anemia, SLE
    used to treat HTN exacerbation, secondary
    angle-closure glaucoma

    Nitrostat (nitroglycerin) A nitrate that dilates Severe hypotension, 1. Monitor BP


    (widens) blood vessels, syncope, anaphylactoid 2. Monitor patient for
    making it easier for blood rxn, exfoliative dermatitis, orthostatic
    to flow through them and methemoglobinemia, hypotension and
    easier for the heart to nitrate tolerance headache
    pump. Also used to treat or
    prevent attacks of chest
    pain (angina)

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