| Mechanism of Action | Nursing Implications | Adverse Effects | Drug Interactions/Contraindications | Miscellaneous |
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What is an amino-glycoside?
What drug class is Gentamicin?
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What is parenteral?
What is route of administration?
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What is ototoxicity, nephrotoxicity, and hypersensitivity?
What are the main side effects?
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What is inactivation? (through IV administration, do not mix in the same solutions)
What is the drug interaction between Penicillin and Gentamicin?
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What is helping preserve probiotic activity? (gentamicin kills the bacteria and yeast found in probiotics)
Why should probiotics be given 2 hours after administrating Gentamicin?
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What is protein Synthesis?
What does Gentamicin inhibit?
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What is 30 minutes after administration IM and IV?
What is the peak?
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What is hearing loss and loss of balance?
What are manifestations of ototoxicity?
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What is increases the risk for ototoxicity? (concurrent administration of the two increases risk for ototoxicity)
What is the drug interaction between loop diuretics and gentamicin?
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What is an indication of effectiveness?
What does resolution of a urinary tract manifestations indicate?
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What is gram-negative bacilli?
What kind of bacteria does Gentamicin kill?
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What is right before the next dose?
What is the trough?
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What is proteinuria, casts in the urine, diluted urine, elevated BUN, and elevated creatinine?
What indicates nephrotoxicity?
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What is patients with kidney impairment, hearing loss, and myasthenia gravis?
What cases should nurses use precaution or withhold administering Gentamicin?
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What is tinnitus (ringing of the ears), hearing loss, and headache?
What client information needs to be reported to the provider?
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What is e coli., k pneumonia, and p. aeruginosa?
What is the main therapeutic uses of Gentamicin?
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What are the lab values that need to be monitored?What is input/output, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine?
What are the lab values that need to be monitored?
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What is rash, irritated skin, paresthesia of hands and feet, and hives?
What are signs of a hypersensitivity reaction to Gentamicin?
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What is Vancomycin?
What medication increases the risk for nephrotoxicity when taken with Gentamicin?
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What is intense neuromuscular blockade? (results in respiratory depression and muscle weakness)
What does hematuria and cloudy urine indicate?
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What is a decrease in manifestations of infection? (fever, inflammation, and adventitious breath sounds)
What is indication of effectiveness?
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What is completing the entire course of antimicrobial therapy?
What is the most important client education?
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What is Category C pregnancy risk? (its should only be taken if the benefits outweigh the risks)
What pregnancy category risk is Gentamicin in?
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What is ototoxicity?
What does ethacrynic acid increase the risk for when administered with Gentamicin?
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What is bactericidal antibiotic?
What is the drug category of Gentamicin?
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