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Can you give a Tylenol suppository via colostomy in a colostomy patient?
You can give medications thru a colostomy, but if they still have a patent anus and rectal mucosa it is more appropriate to give a medication like tylenol via that route as the medication is absorbed by the rectal mucosa to take effect systemically. Medications for bowel regimen like an enema should be given thru the colostomy, as this the direct route of the stool in a patient with a stool diverting colostomy
How do you give yourself a rectal exam?
You don't. A doctor who treats himself has a fool for a patient.
A physician's order says to give 10 mg of a medication per kg of the patient's weight. How much medication should you give to a 220 lbs patient?
110 pounds
What to remember you give prn?
When the patient is complainning of the symptoms that the medication relieves
What is the first thing to do when a nurse give a wrong medication to a patient?
Sue the hospital
Is Compound medication or Compound pharmacy more useful for allergic patients?
For an allergic patient, a compounding pharmacist can create a personalized medication, formulated to give the patient the treatment they need.
8 If a medication contains 1 mgml how much of the medication would you give to administer 5 mg to the patient?
5ml
Nursing care plan difficulty of breathing?
put the patient in the fawler s position give the patient the medication under the doctor order take the v.s especially respiration give the patient warm fluides give the patient the food contains protein
Can a pca legally give rectal suppository?
No
What is the pathophysiology of a colostomy?
the main cause is colorectal cancer but a colostomy may be performed as a temporary or permenant measure to give a part of the bowel a rest eg. in diverticular patches of the bowel (colon wall) bulge outwards. these patches can become inflamed and cause extreme pain
What does PRN do to the patient?
PRN does not do anything to a patient. It is a medical abbreviation that means "as needed". A medication or treatment ordered as PRN means to give it as needed.
The patient is to receive 1 gram of medication the container label reads 250 mg how many tablets will you give to the patient?
ok dumbshits .5g = 2(.250mg)
