Nursing considerations
When giving a patient baclofen, it can cause dizziness, so the nurse would consider implementing these precautions.
What are fall precautions?
This can be caused by beta blockers due to the vasoconstricting effects.
What is angina?
Benztropine can cause these effects, such as constipation and dry mouth.
What are adrenergic effects?
A patient begins taking a medication for parkinsons and says they cant wait to beat this disease. The nurse educates the patient about curing parkinsons by saying this.
Whta is "There is not a cure for parkinsons"?
Carvadopa and levadopa is this kind of drug that works by allowing more levadopa to be turned into dopamine in the brain.
What is a dopaminergic?
Sotalol is used to treat these but can also cause them
What are Dysrhythmias?
The symptoms of Parkinson's disease result from the _____ of dopamine and acetylcholine.
Whta is imbalance?
Scopolomine patches can remain on for this many days.
What is 3 days?
Assessing the level of this is vital with any kind of block when using a local anesthetic.
What is the level of numbness?
Catecol-o-methyltransferase inhibitors work by inhibiting this of doapmine.
What is the breakdown of doapmine?
What are dreams (nightmares)?
This type of myasthenia gravis crisis is caused by too much acetylcholine and is treated with atropine
What is a cholinergic crisis?
This needs to be monitored when giving high doses of Dopamine.
What is an EKG?
A parkinson's or akinethic crisis is a life-threatening complication that can occur if a patient does this.
What is stops their treatment abruptly?
These cholinergic agonists interfere with acetylcholinesterase to increase acetylcholine in the synaptic space.
What are indirect acting cholinergic agonists?
These levels need to be monitored in patients with diabetes who are taking adrenergic agonists.
What are glucose levels?
A patient must present with bradykinesia, rigidity, or this for a parkinson's diagnosis to be considered.
What are tremors?
Lidocaine patches only stay on for this amount of time.
What is 12 hours?
This is given to determine the type of crisis with myasthenia gravis.
What is Edrophium?
This assessment should be thorough with all non-selective beta blockers.
What is a respiratory assessment?
This type of anesthesia uses a combination of multiple drugs from different classes.
What is balanced anesthesia?
This nervous system response causes vasodilation, bradycardia, gi motility, and bronchoconstriction.
What is rest and digest? (parasympathetic)
This drug is used in emergencies for hypovolemic and cardiogenic shock.
What is dopamine?
This kind of medication class can be used before anesthesia as part of a balanced anesthesia to help with nausea and vomiting and support blood pressure.
What are anticholinergics?
Direct acting cholinergic agonists directly stimulate these receptors.
What are muscarinic receptors?