NR 567 Week 5 Clinical Decision Making Assignment; Addison s Disease Medication

Course: NR 567 Advanced Pharmacology for the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Institution: Chamberlain University Students Contributor: James Kent Format: DOCX/PPTX Pages: 3

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A d d i s o n ' s D i s e a s e M e d i c a ti o n 1. Write out the order including the pharmaceutical agent, dose, route and when it should be given. Hydrocortisone 100mg IV q 8hrs until the patient is stable. The dose should then be gradually reduced, achieving maintenance dosage within 5 days (Katzung & Vanderah, 2021). In addition, fluids should be ordered, normal saline 0.9% 1L bolus over 1 hour to correct her hypotension, tachycardia, and hyponatremia (Nowotny et al., 2021). 2. Justify the rationale on why this medication was selected in this particular situation. Because acute adren

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