Nurse Teaching Topic: Contraindication for Amiodarone Use Patient/caregiver was educated on contraindication for using Amiodarone as follows: Avoid using Amiodarone along with any other medications that can cause slowdown of heart rate, such as, Beta blockers and calcium channel blockers. Using them together can result in extreme slowdown of heart rate and can present an emergency. Amiodarone is contraindicated in individuals with abnormally slow heart rates, as Amiodarone can potentiate the risk for heart block. [...]

Nurse Teaching Topic: Amiloride and Mechanism of Action  Patient/caregiver was educated on Amiloride and its mechanism of action as follows: Amiloride is a potassium sparing diuretic that acts on the distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct, both parts of the renal tubule, involved in the reabsorption of water and solutes from the urine. Amiloride inhibits the reabsorption of water, sodium, and chloride from the urine, which results in increased excretion and loss of water and [...]

Nurse Teaching Topic: Contraindications for Taking Alogliptin  Patient/caregiver was educated on contraindications for taking Alogliptin as follows: Alogliptin for the significant part is excreted unchanged by the kidneys with very small portion being metabolized in the liver. Individuals with liver and renal dysfunction, cannot metabolize and excrete Alogliptin normally. In such patients with compromised liver and renal functions, Alogliptin can stay active in circulation for longer time and can result in serious hypoglycemic episodes. So, [...]

Nurse Teaching Topic: Priming an Albuterol Aerosol Inhaler Patient/caregiver was educated on how to prime an Albuterol aerosol inhaler as follows: When a new canister of Albuterol aerosol inhaler is being used, the canister may not deliver the correct amount of medication with the initial actuation of the inhaler. So, priming of the Albuterol canister should be done, to make it ready for use. Insert the Albuterol canister firmly into the mouthpiece. Take the cap [...]

Nurse Teaching Topic: Side Effects of Advair Patient/caregiver was educated on side effects of using Advair as follows: Hypertension: Steroid in Advair can result in retention of sodium and water and cause elevated blood pressure. Elevated blood sugars: On long-term use, steroid in Advair can result in increased insulin resistance and contribute towards elevated blood sugars. This particularly can be an issue in diabetics with poor blood sugar control. Opportunistic fungal infection: Advair can result in [...]