Nursing2018 Drug Handbook (Nursing Drug Handbook) by Lippincott

Author:Lippincott
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781496388568
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health
Published: 2017-04-09T16:00:00+00:00

PREGNANCY-LACTATION-REPRODUCTION

• There are no adequate studies in pregnant women. Use during pregnancy only if potential benefit justifies potential fetal risk.

• It isn’t known if drug appears in breast milk. Use cautiously in breast-feeding women.

NURSING CONSIDERATIONS

• Normal IOP is 10 to 21 mm Hg.

• Don’t use two or more topical ophthalmic beta-adrenergic blockers simultaneously.

PATIENT TEACHING

• Teach patient how to instill drug. Advise him to wash hands before and after instillation and to apply light finger pressure on lacrimal sac for 1 minute after drops are instilled.

• Warn patient not to touch tip of dropper to eye or surrounding tissue.

• Advise elderly patient to report shortness of breath, chest pain, or heart irregularities to prescriber. Drug may be absorbed systemically and produce signs and symptoms of beta blockade.

• Advise patient to carry medical identification at all times during therapy.

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