Problem
A 28-year-old woman complaining of lower abdominal pain, nausea & vomiting. She has noticed increased white vaginal discharge for 4 days. She is febrile. On pelvic exam, you note CMT (Cervical Motion Tenderness) and abdominal pain with palpation. Her diagnosis is pelvic inflammatory disease.
1) What will you prescribe? She is allergic to penicillin. What would you prescribe if she was not allergic to penicillin?
2) Discuss pathophysiology of the disease or physiology of the organism that the drug(s) are addressing.
3) Rationales for using the specific orders, emphasize the APRN role in the assessment, diagnosis, and pharmacological interventions of clients.
4) Indications, contraindications of the drug(s)
5) List the prices of three drugs to treat the selected problem from two different pharmacies.
6) Describe in detail the instructions the patient should receive for the selected drug(s). Write this at a fifth-grade level.
7) Discuss what you have learned in this class and how this knowledge will help with the future practice, half page minimum.