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3. Which medication(s) would be the priority to give Mr. Dent? Explain your rationale Mr. Dents laboratory results come back
Antibiotics Case Study Arthur Dent is a T8-year-old Calasian male who is being admitted to the hospital from home term care f

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3. Which medication(s) would be the priority to give Mr. Dent? Explain your rationale Mr. Dent’s laboratory results come back. Na: 141 BUN: 32 K: 42 Creatinine: 2.1 CE: 98 Glucose: 172 WBC: 19.600 mm Heb: 108 Hct: 36.2 Platelets: 145.000 mm Chest X-ray showed focal consolidation in the right lower lobe, suggestive of pneumonia. Antibiotics Case Study The healthcare provider has now ordered levofloxacin 500 mg intravenously once a day for 14 days 4. Are there any concerns with ordering this medication for this client? Explain your rationale Twenty minutes after starting the first dose of the levofloxacin, Mr. Dent starts to complain of pain and tenderness in his right ankle. He says it sounds like the joint is popping when he moves it. 5. How will the nurse respond to Mr. Dent? What action will the murse take next? Antibiotics Case Study Arthur Dent is a T8-year-old Calasian male who is being admitted to the hospital from home term care facility after I week of dyspnes and cough. He was seen by the physics at the long- term care facility and was diagnosed with pneumonia. He was prescribed aleyin, but has not improved after 3 days of antibiotics. He has a history of dyslipidemia. COPD, koboli cinthosis, and hypertension. Al his facility, he takes captopril, atorvastatin, stropemand fluticasone salmeterol, and has recently had a heavier reliance on this rescue trailer A review of systems reveals temperature of 101.8T, HR 112 bpm. RR 22 bpm. BPION oxygen saturation of 91% en 21. of oxygen, reported chills, cough (sometimes productive with yellow sputum) and dyspnea. A sputum culture and chest x-ray have been ondered. No medications have been ordered at this time. 1. What additional diagnostics or laboratory values would you like to see! Explain you rationale 2. What medications) should the nurse request from the healthcare provider that Me Dent is admitted to the hospital! Explain your rationale 3. Which medications would be the priority to give Mr. Dem? Explain you imale Mr. Dent’s laboratory results come back Ne: 141 BUN: 2 K42 Creatinine 21 CE 9 Glucos. 172 WBC: 19:00 Hgh: 103 Het: 162 Place 145.000 Chest X-ray showed focal consolidation in the right lower lobe.uggestive of Antibiotics Case Study The healthcare provider has now ordered levofloxacin 500 mg intravenously once a day for 14 4. Are there any concerns with ondering this medication for this client? Explain your rationale
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