How do you remember the pharmacology of antibiotics?
First, you can use the acronym “GLAM” to remember Glycopeptides, Lincosamides, Aminoglycosides, and Macrolides. Second, these 4 antibiotic classes end in “ide”, so you can use the class suffix to remember they have specific gram coverage.
What are the nurses responsibilities for giving antibiotics?
It is important that registered nurses ensure antibiotics are monitored and administered correctly. The choice of antibiotics may be based on a scientific approach, but it is essential that the nurse makes the prescriber aware of patient-related factors that could influence the choice of antibiotic.
What are antibiotics pharmacology?
A drug that targets cell walls can therefore selectively inhibit the growth or even kill a bacterial organism. The beta-lactam antibiotics (penicillins and cephalosporins), bacitracin and vancomycin, interrupt specific points in the synthesis pathway for bacterial cell walls and therefore inhibit cell wall production.
How do antibiotics work in pharmacology?
Antibiotics disrupt essential processes or structures in the bacterial cell. This either kills the bacterium or slows down bacterial growth. Depending on these effects an antibiotic is said to be bactericidal or bacteriostatic.
What does penicillin do to the body?
Penicillin prevents the bacteria from synthesizing peptidoglycan, a molecule in the cell wall that provides the wall with the strength it needs to survive in the human body. The drug greatly weakens the cell wall and causes bacteria to die, allowing a person to recover from a bacterial infection.
What do you need to know about nursing antibiotics?
Nursing antibiotics seem to be a little bit scary to take on, so we’ll do a basic hit list of five common classes that you’ll need to know for your exams and clinicals, and some commonly tested points about them! Tetracyclines end in the suffix “-cycline.”
What kind of antibiotics can I take in 5 minutes?
Here are 5 nursing antibiotics you can learn in under 5 minutes: 1 Tetracyclines. 2 Aminoglycosides. 3 Macrolides. 4 Cephalosporins. 5 Fluoroquinolones.
How is antibiotic therapy tailored to the patient?
Once the culture is reported, the antibiotic therapy is tailored to the patient. It is the nurse’s responsibility to review culture results and ensure that the results have been communicated to the prescribing provider.
How to write an intensive review in pharmacology?
Discuss general principles of pharmacology Discuss the use of the nursing process as a tool for safe and effective drug therapy Describe key principles of drug therapy for major body systems Identify principles useful for developing a plan for independent preparation for the NAPNES certification examination 8(c) Copyright 2000 NAPNES.
