SILVER NITRATE APPLICATORS (Silver Nitrate Applicators) Nursing Considerations

Join NURSING.com to watch the full lesson now.

Included In This Lesson

Outline

What is the generic name?

SILVER NITRATE APPLICATORS

What is the Trade Name for SILVER NITRATE APPLICATORS?

Silver Nitrate Applicators

What are the Indications for SILVER NITRATE APPLICATORS?

  • INDICATIONS On the skin, applications of silver nitrate are recommended for cauterization of wounds and sluggish ulcers, also for removal of granulation tissue and warts. On mucous membranes, silver nitrate may be applied to small ulcers and aphthae in the mouth resulting from injury or stomatitis, to infected tonsils, to rectal fissures and fistulae, and to vaginal or cervical ulcerations or erosions. Epistaxis may be controlled by direct application to the site of hemorrhage within the nostrils.

 

View Our Nursing Pharmacology Course


 

References: https://open.fda.gov/

 

Other Pharm Resources
Join NURSING.com to watch the full lesson now.