Please answer these questions in depths base on the labs and medication. Medications: These are the patient medications: Atorvastatin 40 mg, cholecalciferol 1'000u, furosemide 40mg, Lisinopril 40mg, metoprolol sucinate 24 hrs, vancomycin 1.25g, psyllium 1 packet, lactobacillus acidophilus, pantoprazole 40mg, calcium carbonate 500mg, clotrimazole, Aztreonam 28, sucralfate 100mg, levifloxin 500mg, minocyclin 100mg, tramadol 50mg, Tylenol 650mg, vitamin D3 10004, Lasix 40mg, pericolace 2tabs, miralax 17g, Coumadin 1mg, torpol XL 50mg. Patient labs: 4-20-23 4-26-23: Creatinine: 1.69. 1.07 BUN: 85. 53 Na: 142. 145 K: 3.2. 4.2 CI: 102. 112 CO2: 24. 21 Glucose: 81. Ca:8.3. WBC: 15.4. 8.0 12.9 Hgb: 17. CPK: 82 Troponin: 28 Coags: 33.4/2.8 PLT: 280 MCV: 96.2 UA: 1.0 RBC: 2. 4.23 Egpr: 49 Anioncap: 12 AST: 23 Alt: 26 Abul: 4.6 What is causing the abnormal lab values in YOUR PATIENT? 2. Are the abnormal lab values at the patient's baseline, or worse? 3. What labs that were drawn specifically correlate to your patient's medical diagnoses? 4. Trend labs, note which ones are getting better and why and which ones are getting worse and why. 5. What nursing interventions do you expect to complete to correct the abnormal lab value (s) in 'THIS patient?

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Please answer these questions in depths base on the labs and medication. Medications: These are the patient medications: Atorvastatin 40 mg, cholecalciferol 1'000u, furosemide 40mg, Lisinopril 40mg, metoprolol sucinate 24 hrs, vancomycin 1.25g, psyllium 1 packet, lactobacillus acidophilus, pantoprazole 40mg, calcium carbonate 500mg, clotrimazole, Aztreonam 28, sucralfate 100mg, levifloxin 500mg, minocyclin 100mg, tramadol 50mg, Tylenol 650mg, vitamin D3 10004, Lasix 40mg, pericolace 2tabs, miralax 17g, Coumadin 1mg, torpol XL 50mg. Patient labs: 4-20-23 4-26-23: Creatinine: 1.69. 1.07 BUN: 85. 53 Na: 142. 145 K: 3.2. 4.2 CI: 102. 112 CO2: 24. 21 Glucose: 81. Ca:8.3. WBC: 15.4. 8.0 12.9 Hgb: 17. CPK: 82 Troponin: 28 Coags: 33.4/2.8 PLT: 280 MCV: 96.2 UA: 1.0 RBC: 2. 4.23 Egpr: 49 Anioncap: 12 AST: 23 Alt: 26 Abul: 4.6 What is causing the abnormal lab values in YOUR PATIENT? 2. Are the abnormal lab values at the patient's baseline, or worse? 3. What labs that were drawn specifically correlate to your patient's medical diagnoses? 4. Trend labs, note which ones are getting better and why and which ones are getting worse and why. 5. What nursing interventions do you expect to complete to correct the abnormal lab value (s) in 'THIS patient?
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