DRUGS THAT INTERFERE WITH BACTERIAL GROWTH

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DRUGS THAT INTERFERE WITH BACTERIAL GROWTH

• BARBARA REES

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FACTORS THAT MAY INCREASE SUSCEPTIBILITY

• AGE
• EXPOSURE TO PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS
• DISRUPTION OF THE BODYS NORMAL BARRIER TO
  INFECTION
• INADEQUATE IMMUNOLOGICAL DEFENSES
• IMPAIRED CIRCULATION
• POOR NUTRITIONAL STATUS

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GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY

• LOCATION OF INFECTING ORGANISM
• STATUS OF PATIENTS ORGAN FUNCTION
• AGE OF THE PATIENT
• PREGNANCY AND/OR LACTATION
• LIKELIHOOD OF ORGANISMS DEVELOPING WHICH ARE
  RESISTANT TO THE ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT

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ANTIMICROBIALS

• BACTERICIDAL
• BACTERIOSTATIC
• NARROW SPECTRUM
• BROAD SPECTRUM

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ADVERSE EFFECTS

• HYPERSENSITIVITY
• ORGAN TOXICITY
• HEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS

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ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS

• SULFONAMIDES
• PENICILLINS
• AMPICILLIN
• ADVERSE REACTIONS
• CEPHALOSPORINS
• TETRACYCLINES
• AMINOGLYCOSIDES
• OTHER AGENTS
• NURSING IMPLICATIONS
• PATIENT TEACHING

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ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS

• THERAPEUTIC USES
• SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE EFFECTS
• NURSING IMPLICATIONS
• PATIENT TEACHING

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DRUGS USED TO TREAT PAIN AND INFLAMMATION

• BARBARA REES

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ANALGESICS AND ANTIPYRETICSFACTORS INFLUENCING
SELECTION

• EFFECTIVENESS
• DURATION OF ACTION
• DESIRED DURATION OF THERAPY
• ABILITY TO CAUSE DRUG INTERACTION
• HYPERSENSITIVITY
• AVAILABLE ROUTE OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION

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NARCOTIC ANALGESICS

• THERAPEUTIC USES
• SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE EFFECTS
• TOXICITY AND OVERDOSE

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NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS

• COMPETE WITH NARCOTICS FOR RECEPTOR SITES
• USED TO REVERSE RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION
• naloxone hydrochloride (Narcan)

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NON-NARCOTIC ANALGESICS

• SALICYLATES
• ADVERSE EFFECTS
• ACETAMINOPHEN
• NURSING IMPLICATIONS

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NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENTS STEROIDS

• SALICYLATES
• NONSALICYLATES
• CORTICOSTERIODS
• NURSING IMPLICATIONS AND SIDE EFFECTS FOR ASPIRIN

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NURSING IMPLICATIONS AND PATIENT TEACHING FOR
STEROIDS

• DO NOT SHARE, STOP OR SKIP
• INCREASES GLUCOSE
• CHANGES IN BODY FAT
• SODIUM AND WATER RETENTION
• DELAYED WOUND HEALING
• BRUISE EASILY
• NEGATIVELY INFLUENCE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

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NURSING IMPLICATIONS AND PATIENT TEACHING FOR
STEROIDS

• INCREASE EXCITABILITY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
• INSOMNIA
• ALTERATIONS IN MOOD
• INCREASED PRODUCTION OF RED BLOOD CELLS
• DECREASED LYMPHOCYTES
• PRECAUTIONS