Medications: Tricyclic glycopeptides Prototype: Vancomycin
A. Pharmacotherapeutics
Slide 1: State the drug name and its therapeutic category.
Slide 2: Pharmacodynamics – how does this drug work to achieve its intended response?
Slide 3: Pharmacokinetics – how is this drug absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted?
Slide 4: Discuss dosage, scheduling, route, and length of therapy.
Slide 5: Describe what clients can expect regarding their therapeutic response and when it should develop.
Slide 6: Introduce nondrug measures that clients can do to enhance their therapeutic response (e.g., specific diet to follow, exercise requirements, substances to avoid, special precautions to take, etc.).