This was a semester I will never forget. Never in my life did I picture myself in Nursingschool during a pandemic, but here we are. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to go into the clinical setting. I am so thankful for that. Most of these people on the unit I was working on, had strokes at some point in their lives and yet all of them were so optimistic about the future. There was this one patient…
Did you notice any safety concerns? My patient was very understanding of all of their drugs that they were taking. My only concern was ensuring that they didn’t take their thyroid medications; levothyroxine and cytomel; closely with their calcium and vitamin D supplements. Calcium can interfere with the absorption of the thyroid hormones. Were they related to the age of your patient or your patient’s ability to understand their medications? Their age was related to their ability to understand their…
