Ibuprofen treats mild to moderate pain, fever, and inflammation. Take it with water to protect the stomach lining. It increases clotting risk and can cause GI bleeding, so monitor patients carefully. Never give it to children under six months because it can cause renal failure.
Let's walk through some key NCLEX points for ibuprofen for nursing school. So ibuprofen is used for mild to moderate pain relief for fever and inflammation in the body. Now a key point to know is that ibuprofen can cause irritation of the lining of the stomach. So we want to tell our patients that it's best to take it with a full glass of water to help minimize that irritation. And ibuprofen can can disrupt the normal clotting mechanisms in the body and this can cause two things to happen. It can increase the risk of blood clots but it can also increase the risk of bleeding. So remember those two things, blood clots or bleeding. So when you think ibuprofen think of possible GI bleed. We want to be watching and assessing for bleeding in our patients. Another key point to know for the NCLEX is that ibuprofen should not be used in in children younger than six months old because it can cause renal failure in infants. So that is a key key NCLEX point for you to know.
