Easy education for your patients and clients with allergies

You've just spoken by phone with Dr. Allen regarding James Thomason. Dr. Allen has given you telephone orders to make sure Mr. Thomason is not allergic to Penicillin first, and if not to phone a script for Penicillin to Mr. Thomason's local pharmacy.

"Are you allergic to any medications?" you ask Mr. Thomason.

"I was tested for allergies last month and the doctor said I'm allergic to Penicillium mold," Mr. Thomason replies. "Does that mean I'm allergic to Penicillin?"

How do you answer this patient's question? Will you note on Mr. Thomason's chart that he is allergic to Penicillin? What will you do?

You log onto AllergyNursing.com* and search for an answer. When you enter "penicillin" into the search box, it brings up a link to Penicillin and Penicillium Mold Allergy. You quickly skim through the item and write "NKDA (No Known Drug Allergies)" on Mr. Thomason's admission form.

Then you print** a copy of Penicillin and Penicillium Mold Allergy and take it to Mr. Thomason. You know you won't have time to explain the answer to his question, so you rely on AllergyNursing.com* to provide a handout that he can understand.

Whether you work in an allergy clinic, family practice, home health, school nursing, or hospital setting, your are going to be asked questions about allergic conditions.

AllergyNursing.com* is your resource for Allergy information!

*AllergyNursing.com is offered as a source of information only. Your patient's medical care is directed by the physician under whose authority you are working. Nurses and other medical professionals should always clarify with the physician any orders which are unclear before implementing them.

**Medical professionals are invited to print items from AllergyNursing.com directly from the website with the "AllergyNursing.com" logo, copyright notice, and all legal disclaimers intact, and to stamp or write on the item their clinical contact information for non-commercial educational purposes only. Commercial use and online publication is forbidden without written consent.