caution until the patient ll CRITICAL THINKING CASE STUD Y IZ. a 72-year-old wom

Question

caution until the patient ll CRITICAL THINKING CASE STUD Y IZ. a 72-year-old woman, has dificulty staying asleep. She asks 2. Describe a nursing plan that may help alleviate 1Z2s slerp the nurse whether she should take a sleeping medication, such disturbance. as lorazepam, before bedtime 1. Before 12 takes any sleep aid or hypnotic, what nursing Explain your answer. 3. Would JZ be a candidate for taking a benzodiazepine assessments should be made? 4. What follow-up plan should the nurse have related to 1A sleep problem? OLEY STUDY QUESTIONS lorazepam asks the nurse how this dng ting that it is a ben

Explanation / Answer

1. Nursing Assessment before Administering sleep Aid

2. Nursing plan to alleviate sleep Disturbance

Desired Outcome:

The patient should obtain optimal amount of sleep as evidenced by

3. Benzodiazepines are used for

Action: It work by enhance the effect of neurotransmittor gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) thereby reducing activity of neurons which causes stress and anxiety.

Use of benzodiazepine for short time is safe and effective but use of long term is based on potential tolerance, dependence and related risks of JZ.

4. Follow up plan for JZ

The nurse should

Related Questions

Navigate

• Browse (All)
• Browse C
• Subjects

---

---

Integrity-first tutoring: explanations and feedback only — we do not complete graded work. Learn more.