Características de la administración oral de medicamentos en medicina interna y sus implicaciones para el cuidado enfermero
- Juan Escrivá Gracia 1
- Álvaro Aparisi Sanz 2
- Ricardo Brage Serrano 3
- Julio Fernández Garrido 3
- 1 Servicio de microbiología, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia (Valencia, España)
- 2 Servicio de cardiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid (Valladolid, España)
- 3 Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Valencia (Valencia, España)
ISSN: 1697-638X
Año de publicación: 2019
Volumen: 16
Número: 16
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Evidentia: Revista de enfermería basada en la evidencia
Resumen
Objective: This study sought the relevance and features of oral drug administration, and its implications in nursing care, pursuing to improve its safety and effectiveness. Methods: In a descriptive research from an internal medicine department, 194 episodes of patient in charge in the year 2014 were studied. Hereafter, most commonly orally given active principles and pharmaceutical forms were reviewed with the scientist evidence to assess whether they required special advices during its administration to ensure security and effectiveness. Results: Most of the active principles have special suggestions, therefore, if they are not applied mistakes and interactions may happen as a result. Conclusions: Orally given drugs need a series of features, in which nursing care, allows to the professional to ensure an interdisciplinary process, for instance the pharmacological treatment, that leads to personalized, safe and effective administration.