The nurse administered ticarcillin (Ticar) to a patient with the morning medications. Later, when assessing the patient, the nurse notes a light red rash with pruritus. The prescriber is notified and orders a desensitization of the medication
The nurse correctly explains to the patient which of the following procedures? a. Desensitization involves a small initial dose, which is followed by increasing doses every 60 minutes.
b. Desensitization involves infusing the same dose of medication but in a more di-lute solution.
c. Desensitization involves administration of a pretreatment of Tylenol and diphen-hydramine (Benadryl).
d. Desensitization involves administration of the medication continuously rather than every 8 hours.
A
For a desensitization schedule, a small initial dose is given, which is followed at 60-minute in-tervals by progressively larger doses until the full therapeutic dose has been achieved.
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