Communicating info Flashcards
What info do you give about aleondronic acid regarding…
How to take
What it will do
How to take
Has to be taken first thing in the morning
BEFORE food or drink
Taken whilst sitting up
Stay upright for 30mins after
What it will do
Reduce risk of further #s
what do you tell pts before kicking off methotrexate
need weekly blood tests for first 18weeks
What should you tell a pt before they start taking glicazide
Risk of Hypos
Always bring a source of sugar with them
What should you tell an older pt on steroids about what else they should take
Biophosophonates
shoudl you tell a pt starting an SSRI that it might cause excessive salivation or a dry mouth
Dry mouth lad
what info shoudl you give before they kick off tamoxifen
Increased risk of…
Endometrial ca
PEs
for someone kicking off amiodarone, what shoudl you tell them to wear
Sunscreen mate
Fucks your skin it does
When you’re choosing an answer and have no bloody clue, what one is probs the right answer as they’re likely to be the most serious
Ones that mention SEs bruva
What shite should you say about how to take eye drops
Leave 5mins between each dose
Gently pull down Lower eyelid
Just 1 drop at a time
Contact lens wearers can use presravtive-free drops
can you tell someone that they can take lidocaine on broken skin
absolutley not
what is an insulin sliding scale
Incresased pre-meal or nightime insulin as a result of too high BG results
Essentially just taking more insulin as a result of BG result
for quinolone abxs, like ciprofloxacin, why should you tell the patient to look out for calf/ankle pain?
Cause these abxs can cause tendons to rupture
is it more important to chat about common SEs or when to get tests done
when to get tests done is more important yeah
whats like the most important thing to tell a pt
if theres an increased risk of like cancer eh
when taking biophosphonates, should you drink water after
absolutley
