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All right, we've got antibiotics.

There's going to be a ton to unpack here, so let's get right into it. All right, we've got antibiotics. There's going to be a ton to unpack here. So let's get right

into it. All right. First and foremost, I wanted to cover some of the basics in nursing care,

some of your likely responsibilities. One of the most important things is to follow that patient clinically.

Okay.

And two of the biggest things that you guys can help out with is clinical response.

Is that patient getting better?

Is the fever going away?

Are the labs improving?

Is the infection site improving. Let's say we've

got a skin infection. Does that site look like it's getting better? Super, super important

because we as providers, as pharmacists, as other folks trying to decide what the appropriate medication is,

we need to know if that medication is working,

and obviously you guys are typically on the front lines in assessing that.

Going right along with that, paying attention to new changes,

stomach upset, rash, anaphylaxis, those adverse effects, and obviously I'll get into more specifics on each individual agent, but paying attention to

new things that are occurring with the patient, that can definitely be indicative

of adverse effects.

And you guys picking up on that and letting the rest of the health care team know what's new

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