Case Study “\ufffd Gastrointestinal and Endocrine Systems\tA 16-year-old female athlete with asthma, hypothyroidism, and a history of anorexia nervosa is admitted for dehydration after a track meet. She has recently been binging and purging, and she competed in a track meet today in 100\u00a0\u00b0F heat.\tHer medications include the following:\t\u00b7 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Albuterol 2 puffs q 4 hours prn\t\u00b7 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maxair\u2122\u00a02 puffs q 4 hours prn\t\u00b7 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Synthroid\u00ae\u00a0100 mc po qd\tShe is 5 feet 5 in. tall and weighs 94 pounds. A central line was placed, and the patient is on TPN.\tAnswer the following questions:\t\u00b7 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What are the pharmacokinetics (precautions, adverse effects, interactions, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion)and pharmacodynamics of each medication?\t\u00b7 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How will the side effects of each medication listed influence your physical assessment of the patient?\t\u00b7 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Describe nursing interventions to enhance the therapeutic effects and decrease adverse effects of the drugs. Indicate at least two safety issues per medication pertinent to the patient’s diagnosis. Assume that you have adhered to the five rights of medication administration. Include your rationale for your decision.\tWhat educational information should you provide to the patient and her family about gastrointestinal and endocrine drugs?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Case Study “\ufffd Gastrointestinal and Endocrine Systems A 16-year-old female athlete with asthma, hypothyroidism, and a history of anorexia nervosa is admitted for dehydration after a track meet. She has recently been binging and purging, and she competed in a Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}