Notes - Nursing In Ghana

INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS: TYPES AND USES (PART 1)

18th April 2016

dextrose saline, intravenous, intravenous fluid, normal saline, ringers lactate

Intravenous fluids NORMAL SALINE (NS) DESCRIPTION 0.9% NaCl in Water Crystalloid Solution Isotonic (308 mOsm) USES Increases circulating plasma volume when red cells are adequate Shock Fluid replacement in patients…

Defence Mechanism

17th April 2016

Jude Arko

Notes

Compensation, defence mechanism, ‪Fixation, ‪Identification, Intellectualization, ‪Introjection, Rationalization, Reaction Formation, Regression, ‎Repression, Resistance, Sigmund Freud, ‪Sublimation, ‎Substitution, Suppression, Undoing

A defence mechanism is a coping technique that reduces anxiety arising from unacceptable or potentially harmful stimuli. Defence mechanisms are unconscious and are not to be confused with conscious coping…

CETIRIZINE HCl (Zyrtec)

15th April 2016

Jude Arko

Drug Study

cetirizine, drug study, medication

DESCRIPTION Cetirizine HCl (Zyrtec) is an antihistamine used in the management of seasonal allergic rhinitis. Generic Name cetirizine hydrochloride (se teer‘ i zeen) Brand Names Reactine (CAN) Zyrtec Drug class Antihistamine Pregnancy Category B Therapeutic…