Digoxin case study
Question 1: Assess Mr Mackie’s medication chart. Discuss three significant risks involved with Mr Mackie’s home and/or inpatient use of medicines.
Question 2: Describe the strategies a nurse may take to prevent/manage the risks that you have identified in question 1. Your answer should focus on Mr Mackie’s needs rather than a discussion of these medicines in general terms.
Question 3: The doctor has ordered three doses of digoxin in the STAT medicine order section. Explain why the patient has been ordered multiple doses all on the same day. Your answer should involve relevant pharmacokinetic concepts.
Question 4: Digoxin levels are ordered. Explain these levels and their purpose in his treatment plan. Your answer should also briefly include the knowledge the nurse requires of the collection of blood for the test.
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