TARLAC STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF NURSING
Awarded Level III Status by the Accrediting Agency of
Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines
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Name of Date Route of General action Indication/ Client’s response Nursing responsibilities prior to,
drug admini administration, Mechanism of action Purpose to med. With during, and after administration
stered dosage, and actual side effects
frequency of
administration
Generic Oral Calcium is essential for the Calcium Gluconate is Common side Before:
name: Hypocalcemia functional integrity of the indicated where the effects:  Verify the patient’s
Calcium Adult: 0.4-2g daily nervous, muscular, and skeletal pharmacological action  warmth, identification with at least
of a high calcium ion tingling, or two patient identifiers.
gluconate Child: half of the systems. It plays a role in
concentration is a heavy  Check the label of the
usual adult dose normal cardiac function, renal required, as for feeling medication to be
Brand name: function, respiration, blood example, in acute  a chalky administered.
Gluconate Intravenous coagulation, and cell hypocalcemia, cardiac taste in your  Determine any allergies of
Hypocalcemia membrane and capillary resuscitation and some mouth the patient
Classification Adult: 10ml diluted permeability. Also, calcium cases of neonatal  upset  Perform hand hygiene and
:Calcium in 100ml 5% helps to regulate the release tetany. stomach other infection control
Salts and dextrose in water and storage of  constipation
Calcium salts are procedure
Antidotes given over 10 mins neurotransmitters and contraindicated in Adverse reactions:  Inform the patient about the
Child: hormones, the uptake and patients with side effects of the medication
 Syncope
Pregnancy 100-200mg/kg (1- binding of amino acids, ventricular fibrillation  Monitor the blood pressure
Category:  2ml/kg) over 5-10 absorption of vitamin B 12, or hypercalcemia.  Bradycardia
of a patient before
C mins and gastrin secretion. In  Paresthesia. administering the
  addition, calcium salts are used medication.
Intravenous as dietary supplemental  Strictly monitoring of
Antidote in severe therapy for people who may cardiac rate and connect
hypermagnesemia not get enough calcium in their patient to ECG machine
and hyperkalemia regular diet. Calcium During:
Adult: As 10% gluconate is used as a  Read the label of the
medication again.
solution: 10-20 ml cardioprotective agent in high
 Administer the right
(2.25- 4.5mmol Ca) blood potassium. Calcium indicated amount of
gluconate is the antidote for medication.
magnesium sulfate toxicity.  Observe the patient’s
reaction to the medication
After:
 Monitor Blood pressure and
heart rate
 Instruct the patient to
verbalize if he/she
experience any side effects
or adverse reaction to the
medication
 Document the procedure to
the client’s chart