Nursing considerations
Monitoring for this is a key nursing consideration for all antipsychotic agents.
What are suicidal ideations?
A patient is feeling hopeful that their new SSRI prescription will help them feel better right away, but the nurse educated the patient that the medication will take this long to begin working.
What is 2-4 weeks?
This medication is used for insomnia or seizures and has a therapeutic serum level and can cause CNS depression, nightmares, and respiratory depression.
What is phenobarbital?
These agents can cause sedation and hypnosis in order to reduce anxiety and restlessness and induce sleep.
What are anxiolytic and hypnotic agents?
This class of drugs inhibits neuronal impulse conduction and is used to treat anxiety, insomnia, and seizures.
What are Barbiturates?
A 15-year-old has been prescribed a Tricyclic antidepressant for OCD. The nurse should screen for this in younger patients.
What is Suicidal ideation?
The nurse reviews the serum labs for Phenobarbital and finds the level is 25mcg/m. The nurse knows this level is.
What is a therapeutic serum level? (20-40 mcg/m)
This medication is used to treat episodes of mania in bipolar disorder and can cause toxicity in high doses.
What is Lithium?
This class of drugs has stronger sedative effect than other anxiolytics effect than other anxiolytic/hypnotics.
What are barbiturates?
This class of drug inhibits the reuptake of serotonin and is used for treating depression and anxiety.
What are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors?
When prescribing anxiolytic and hypnotic agents to a female, the nurse would consider educating the patient on this.
What are pregnancy and contraindications?
When a patient begins taking fluoxetine, the nurse monitors for CNS effects and tells the patient to watch for these 2 other possible adverse reactions.
What are URIs and weight loss?
This medication, given for severe schizophrenia, can cause CNS, cardiac, and extrapyramidal effects.
What is clozapine?
This class of drugs inhibits the reuptake of neurotransmitters and can be given for depression and ocd.
What are Tricyclic antidepressants?
This class of drugs makes GABA more effective and is used for anxiety, alcohol withdrawal, and status epilepticus.
What are Benzodiazepines?
When prescribing anxiolytic and hypnotic agents, we will teach these two key things.
What are teaching tolerance/addiction and not to stop medications abruptly?
The nurse knows when a patient disposes of unused medications is...
What is a tool to avoid addiction?
This medication, used for anxiety, alcohol withdrawal, and status epilepticus, can cause CNS depression, heart rate disturbances, and respiratory depression.
What is diazepam?
A patient is taking an antidepressant for depression and OCD and is now experiencing fight or flight symptoms, hallucinations, and sleep disturbances. The nurse expects to see this medication class in the MAR.
What are Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
This class of drugs blocks dopamine receptors and limits stimuli in the brain.
What are antipsychotic (neuroleptic) drugs?
The continued use of medications despite negative effects is considered this.
What is addiction?
The patient, who was prescribed a MAOI for depression, tells you he has been doing the carnivore diet to bulk up. The nurse knows this can lead to this condition
What is liver toxicity?
This medication, used for ADHD and narcolepsy, can have CNS and cardiac effects and cause weight loss.
What is Methylphenidate?
This class of medications is not intended for long-term use.
What are benzodiazepines?
This drug class is rarely used due to diet restrictions, and noncompliance with those restrictions can lead to toxicity.
What are Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs)?