Drugs Indication Action Side Effect/ Nursing Patient Teachings

Adverse Considerations
Reactions

Date ordered: Prevention of Required for hepatic Gastric upset, Monitor for side Patients receiving vitamin K
02/02/10 hemorrhagic synthesis of blood flushing, rash, effects and adverse therapy should be cautioned not to
disease of the coagulation factors II urticaria reactions. Children take OTC medications without
Generic name: newborn. (prothrombin), VII, may be especially advice of health care professional.
phytonadine IX, and X. sensitive to the
effects of vitamin Caution patient to avoid IM
Brand name: Therapeutic effects: K, which may injections.
Vitamine K Prevention of bleeding increase incidence
due to of side effects.
Classification hypoprothrombinemia. Naonates,
Therapeutic: especially
Antidotes, premature
vitamins neonates, may be
more sensitive
than older
Pharmacologic children.
Fat-soluble
vitamins

Dosage:
0.5 mg IM
Date ordered: High-risk Therapeutic effects: Local sore Monitor for Children who have not been
02/02/10 patients, Prevention of infection anaphylactic vaccinated as infants should
health care allergy to yeast. complete the series by 12 yr.
Generic name: workers, all
Hepatitis B unvaccinated
adolescents.
Brand name:
Recombivax
HB

Classification
Therapeutic:

Pharmacologic

Dosage:
0.5 ml IM
 Therapeutic effects:
Date ordered Indicated for -Bacteriostatic or Irritation to the Assess for the Pull the lower eyelid down gently
09/18/09 use in all bactericidal in surface of the history of allergy and squeeze a one – half inch
newborns for susceptible bacteria eye in erythromycin, ribbon of the ointment into the sac,
Generic name: the prevention (conjunctivitis) lactation; viral, avoid touching the eye or lid.
Erythromycin of a bacterial -Prevention of or the eyelids fungal,
eye ointment eye infection blindness. (blepharitis), mycobacterial Drug may cause temporary blurring
Brand name: known as which is infection of the of vision, stinging, or itching.
Eyemycin ophthalmia characterized by eye
neonatorum redness, itching, (ophthalmologic) Report stinging or itching that
Classification: due to tearing and light becomes pronounced.
Anti- Neisseria sensitivity.
infectives gonorrhoeae
and
Dosage: Chlamydia
trachomatis.
It's also
prescribed in
patients of all
ages for the
treatment of
superficial
bacterial
infections of
the eye.
Date ordered:
09/18/09

Generic name:
BCG

Brand name::

Classification:
Therapeutic:

Dosage: