Bad Bad Drugs

Bad Bad Drugs: Drugs we love to make errors with:

Margi says these will show up on the final exam. Just because they are bad bad.

Heparin: comes in 1000, 5000, 100, 10000 units/ml.

Insulin: Several kinds and several patients on insulin. We need to know forever the onset, peak, and duration of the different insulins. It’s actually hard to kill people with insulin, but you can certainly harm people.

Morphine Sulfate: IV, PO, IM, SubQ.

KCl: this is a good way to kill people.

Coumadin: fussy and amplified with other protein bound drugs. Always always check PT/INR.

Nursing students make the most errors with Insulin.