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Module 10 Written Assignment – Pharmacological
Treatments forArthritis
Purpose of the Assignment
• Identify the common pharmacologic treatments for inflammatory
diseases of thehuman body
• Review potential effects medication have on the clients’ basic care and comfort
needs
• Identify nursing interventions meeting to basic care of comfort
needs of clients’receiving these pharmacological agents
Course Competencies
• Describe strategies for safe, effective multidimensional nursing practice when
providing care for clients experiencing immunologic, infectious and
inflammatory disorders.
• Explain components of multidimensional nursing care for clients with
musculoskeletal
disorders.
• Select appropriate nursing interventions when providing
multidimensional care toclients experiencing alterations in mobility.
Instructions
Complete the table directly below these instructions in your own words for each of
thefollowing medications:
• Ibuprofen
• Methotrexate
• Leflunomide
• Hydroxychloroquine
• Infliximab
• Anakinra
• Abatacept
• Rituximab
• Golimumab
• Tocilizumab
Use at least two scholarly sources to support your findings. Be sure to cite your
sources in-text and on a reference page using APA format.
, You can find useful reference materials for this assignment in the School of Nursing guide:
https://guides.rasmussen.edu/nursing/referenceebooks
Have questions about APA? Visit the
online APA guide:
https://guides.rasmussen.edu/apa
MEDICATION Medication Comm Pertine
generic and trade Mechanismof on Side nt Nursing
namedrug Action Effects Implicatio
classification &
Patient
Teaching
1.) Generic: • Action: Inhibits • CNS: headaches, • Monitor vital
signs &level
IbuprofenTrad prostaglandi dizziness, • Monitor BUN,
drowsiness serum
e:Advil, Motrin nsynthesis creatine, CBC
• EENT: blurred w/differential,
Classification: • Therapeutic vision, tinnitus, electrol
NSAIDs amblyopia bleeding time,
effect:decreased & liver
(Vallerand, Sanoski, pain & • GI: GI bleeding, function tests
hepatitis, periodic
&Deglin, 2017, pgs. inflammation; constipation, • Advise clients
nausea, vomiting, to take food or
662- reduction of water & remai
abdominal an upright
665)&(Leek, 2009) fever. discomfort position for 30
• CV: mins after
administration
arrhythmias, to decr
edema, MI, irritation of the
CVA lower
• GU: renal esophagus
• Report
failure, abdominal/st
hematuria, opain, black-
cystitis red odoro
• Hemat: stools, & rash
or sorethroat
prolonged immediately
bleeding time • Avoid use of
alcohol
2.) Generic: Methotrexate • Action:Interferes with • CNS: dizziness, • Auscultate
drowsiness, lungs &
Trade:Rheumatrex, folic acid headaches, malaise monitor
metabolism; result in • EENT:blurred vision, character of
Trexall respirations &
Module 10 Written Assignment – Pharmacological
Treatments forArthritis
Purpose of the Assignment
• Identify the common pharmacologic treatments for inflammatory
diseases of thehuman body
• Review potential effects medication have on the clients’ basic care and comfort
needs
• Identify nursing interventions meeting to basic care of comfort
needs of clients’receiving these pharmacological agents
Course Competencies
• Describe strategies for safe, effective multidimensional nursing practice when
providing care for clients experiencing immunologic, infectious and
inflammatory disorders.
• Explain components of multidimensional nursing care for clients with
musculoskeletal
disorders.
• Select appropriate nursing interventions when providing
multidimensional care toclients experiencing alterations in mobility.
Instructions
Complete the table directly below these instructions in your own words for each of
thefollowing medications:
• Ibuprofen
• Methotrexate
• Leflunomide
• Hydroxychloroquine
• Infliximab
• Anakinra
• Abatacept
• Rituximab
• Golimumab
• Tocilizumab
Use at least two scholarly sources to support your findings. Be sure to cite your
sources in-text and on a reference page using APA format.
, You can find useful reference materials for this assignment in the School of Nursing guide:
https://guides.rasmussen.edu/nursing/referenceebooks
Have questions about APA? Visit the
online APA guide:
https://guides.rasmussen.edu/apa
MEDICATION Medication Comm Pertine
generic and trade Mechanismof on Side nt Nursing
namedrug Action Effects Implicatio
classification &
Patient
Teaching
1.) Generic: • Action: Inhibits • CNS: headaches, • Monitor vital
signs &level
IbuprofenTrad prostaglandi dizziness, • Monitor BUN,
drowsiness serum
e:Advil, Motrin nsynthesis creatine, CBC
• EENT: blurred w/differential,
Classification: • Therapeutic vision, tinnitus, electrol
NSAIDs amblyopia bleeding time,
effect:decreased & liver
(Vallerand, Sanoski, pain & • GI: GI bleeding, function tests
hepatitis, periodic
&Deglin, 2017, pgs. inflammation; constipation, • Advise clients
nausea, vomiting, to take food or
662- reduction of water & remai
abdominal an upright
665)&(Leek, 2009) fever. discomfort position for 30
• CV: mins after
administration
arrhythmias, to decr
edema, MI, irritation of the
CVA lower
• GU: renal esophagus
• Report
failure, abdominal/st
hematuria, opain, black-
cystitis red odoro
• Hemat: stools, & rash
or sorethroat
prolonged immediately
bleeding time • Avoid use of
alcohol
2.) Generic: Methotrexate • Action:Interferes with • CNS: dizziness, • Auscultate
drowsiness, lungs &
Trade:Rheumatrex, folic acid headaches, malaise monitor
metabolism; result in • EENT:blurred vision, character of
Trexall respirations &
