Seizures
Assess airway, breathing, and circulation (ABCs).
level of consciousness
injury
What is Assess older adult patient after a Seizure
What medication slows cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s by reducing amyloid-beta plaques in the brain.
What is Aducanumab (Aduhelm)
Teaching priorities for Psychiatric drugs
What is
Take drugs exactly as prescribed, immediately report side effects.
Keep follow-up appointments.
Avoid activities requiring alertness.
Change positions slowly.
Avoid alcohol.
Tell about drugs before surgery.
Wear a medical alert bracelet.
Antidote for Benzodiazepine
What is Flumazenil
Prostaglandin agonists may cause
What is permanent darkening of iris color and eyelid skin.
Brain damage & Permanent neurological deficits are complications of what
What is Status Epilepticus
What does Glutamate regulators prevent
What is overstimulation of brain receptors
How do you take Clonazepam?
Clonazepam take at a lower dose
Especially in older adults due to sedation, fall risk, and slower metabolism
Administering Drugs for Insomnia
Teaching priorities
What is
Take drugs exactly as prescribed and keep follow-up appointments.
Never take a double dose.
Take for only a short period.
Go to bed immediately after taking drug.
Don’t take on overnight trips (traveler’s amnesia).
Avoid activities that require alertness.
Carbonic anhydrase inhibitor avoid in patients with?
What is sulfa allergy
important nursing action when patient experiences a seizure
what is
Maintain airway and safety!
Turn the patient on their side.
What receptor antagonists inhibit orexin activity, involved in the sleep-wake cycle?
What is Orexin
Diazepam may cause
Diazepam may cause withdrawal
abrupt stopping can cause withdrawal symptoms such as seizures, tremors, anxiety, and insomnia.
Psychiatric drugs / Benzodiazepines used for what
What is anxiety, insomnia, and seizures.
Precaution for prescribed eye drops
What is orthostatic hypotension
Dizziness, drowsiness, blurred vision are side affects of?
What is Carbamazepine (Tegretol) side effects
What medication suppresses lactation and may affect fetal development.
What is affects of Bromocriptine during pregnancy & breastfeeding?
Older patients and Lithium
Monitor for dehydration, sodium imbalance, and signs of toxicity.
Older adults may have weight loss, tremors, confusion.
Eszopiclone is prescribed for
what is insomnia
What do you do after taking prescribed eye drops?
What is apply pressure to inner canthus
When taking Phenobarbital you should monitor for?
what is Dependence and respiratory depression
What medication can cause darkening of urine, sweat, or saliva—harmless but may stain clothes.
What is possible causes of Carbidopa-levodopa?
Avoid grapefruit juice when taking what medication?
What is Quetiapine?
Pentobarbital can cause
What is abuse and dependence
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