Potassium sparing diuretics Nursing Implications and Drug Study POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETICS GENERAL DESCRIPTION Potassium sparing diuretics caused diuresis without loss of potassium unlike other diuretics. They are less potent diuretic agents therefore potassium sparing diuretics may combine with other diuretics … Read more
CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS (CAI) Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors Nursing Considerations, Implications & Drug Study GENERAL DESCRIPTION Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors are prototype of modern diuretics and discovered when fond bacteriostatic sulphonamide cause an alkaline diuresis.The prototypical carbonic anhydrase is Acetazolamide. CAI are … Read more
Loop diuretics Nursing Considerations, Implications & Drug Study LOOP DIURETICS GENERAL DESCRIPTION Loop diuretics are the most efficacious diuretics agents available because diuretic effects of loop diuretics are not affected with the development of acidosis in the body like other … Read more
Osmotic diuretics: Nursing Care & Drug Study OSMOTIC DIURETICS General Description: Osmotic diuretics are the type of diuretics that induce osmotic diuresis in the kidney and thus decrease the plasma volume and controls blood pressure. Osmotic diuretic contains such type of … Read more
Diuretics Nursing Care and Drug Study Diuretics Diuretic is an agent that increases urine volume, while a ‘natriuretic’ causes increase in renal sodium excretion. It is a golden rule, water leads to follow sodium, where sodium goes water follows it, therefore … Read more
Nursing care plans: These are the important elements needed to make a nursing care plan for impaired skin integrity. This nursing care plan contains the basic elements that defines this Nanda nursing diagnosis and the nursing interventions that could be taken as a … Read more
Risk for Bleeding Risk for bleeding is a Nanda nursing diagnosis classified in the latest update of Nanda nursing diagnosis list 2015-2017 under domain 11: safety/protection, class 2: physical injury. Its nanda nursing diagnosis code is 00206. Definition: At risk for … Read more