Note why the medication is used, and consider adverse effects. Invent a scenario where giving this medication could result in an ethical or legally charged situation. Phenytoin / antiepileptics: Consider risks of Class D in young women vs risks of going without anti-epileptics
Note why the medication is used, and consider adverse effects. Invent a scenario where giving this medication could result in an ethical or legally charged situation. Lithium: Consider risks of mismanagement by clients whose behaviors are unpredictable
Note why the medication is used, and consider adverse effects. Invent a scenario where giving this medication could result in an ethical or legally charged situation. Haloperidol / neuroleptics: Consider risks of chemical sedation, especially long term risks
Note why the medication is used, and consider adverse effects. Invent a scenario where giving this medication could result in an ethical or legally charged situation. Phenelzine /MAOIs: Consider consequences of nonadherence to dietary restrictions on these medications
Note why the medication is used, and consider adverse effects. Invent a scenario where giving this medication could result in an ethical or legally charged situation. Amitriptylline /tricyclics: Consider vulnerability issues with risk of suicidal overdose given anticholinergic effects
Note why the medication is used, and consider adverse effects. Invent a scenario where giving this medication could result in an ethical or legally charged situation. Oxycodone / opiates: Consider addiction, drug seeking and patient vulnerability in impaired nurses
Note why the medication is used, and consider adverse effects. Invent a scenario where giving this medication could result in an ethical or legally charged situation. Lorazepam /benzodiazepines: Consider vulnerability issues related to sedation and induction of memory loss
Note why the medication is used, and consider adverse effects. Invent a scenario where giving this medication could result in an ethical or legally charged situation. Atenolol/ beta blockers: Consider harms that could occur if heart rate was low or patient was asthmatic
Note why the medication is used, and consider adverse effects. Invent a scenario where giving this medication could result in an ethical or legally charged situation. Albuterol /adrenergics: Consider harms that can occur is asthmatic children are in charge of their own inhalers
Note why the medication is used, and consider adverse effects. Invent a scenario where giving this medication could result in an ethical or legally charged situation. Benztropine /anticholinergics: Consider harms that can occur with comorbidities like glaucoma or BPH
