This document provides information about the drug diazepam (Valium), including its drug class, indications, pharmacokinetics, dosages, adverse effects, and nursing responsibilities. Diazepam is a benzodiazepine used as an antiepileptic, anxiolytic, and skeletal muscle relaxant. It is readily absorbed from the GI tract and crosses the blood-brain barrier. Common adverse effects include drowsiness, dizziness, and confusion. Nurses are responsible for educating patients about risks, side effects, and proper administration of diazepam. They must also carefully monitor patients during IV administration and change patients to oral therapy as soon as possible.
This document provides information about the drug diazepam (Valium), including its drug class, indications, pharmacokinetics, dosages, adverse effects, and nursing responsibilities. Diazepam is a benzodiazepine used as an antiepileptic, anxiolytic, and skeletal muscle relaxant. It is readily absorbed from the GI tract and crosses the blood-brain barrier. Common adverse effects include drowsiness, dizziness, and confusion. Nurses are responsible for educating patients about risks, side effects, and proper administration of diazepam. They must also carefully monitor patients during IV administration and change patients to oral therapy as soon as possible.
This document provides information about the drug diazepam (Valium), including its drug class, indications, pharmacokinetics, dosages, adverse effects, and nursing responsibilities. Diazepam is a benzodiazepine used as an antiepileptic, anxiolytic, and skeletal muscle relaxant. It is readily absorbed from the GI tract and crosses the blood-brain barrier. Common adverse effects include drowsiness, dizziness, and confusion. Nurses are responsible for educating patients about risks, side effects, and proper administration of diazepam. They must also carefully monitor patients during IV administration and change patients to oral therapy as soon as possible.
This document provides information about the drug diazepam (Valium), including its drug class, indications, pharmacokinetics, dosages, adverse effects, and nursing responsibilities. Diazepam is a benzodiazepine used as an antiepileptic, anxiolytic, and skeletal muscle relaxant. It is readily absorbed from the GI tract and crosses the blood-brain barrier. Common adverse effects include drowsiness, dizziness, and confusion. Nurses are responsible for educating patients about risks, side effects, and proper administration of diazepam. They must also carefully monitor patients during IV administration and change patients to oral therapy as soon as possible.
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DRUG DRUG INDICATION MODE OF COMMON ADVERSE TOXICITY ANTIDOTE NURSING
CLASS ACTION/ DOSAGE/FORM/ EFFECT LEVEL AND RESPONSIBILITY
PHARMACOKI ROUTE/TIMING SIGNS AND NETICS SYMPTOMS Generic General A: Readily and CNS: blui Flumazenil Before Name Antiepileptic, Indications completely Minimum Dose Transient, - Discuss risk of fetal sh-colored Diazepam Anxiolytic, - Short-term absorbed from 2mg/day mild abnormalities with patients Skeletal management of the GI tract, drowsiness lips and desiring to become pregnant. Brand muscle anxiety peak plasma Maximum Dose initially; finger nails - Instruct about side effects Name relaxant - Insomnia concentrations 60mg/day sedation, of drug: Drowsiness, Blur Valium associated with after 30-90 depression, dizziness, GI upset, dreams, anxiety min (oral). Contents lethargy, red vision difficulty concentrating, - Sleepwalking Rapidly Diazepam apathy, Bre fatigue, nervousness, crying. - Night terrors absorbed, peak fatigue, - Assess for hypersensitivity. athing is - Premedication plasma Availability and disorientation - Reduce dose of opioid before concentrations color , slow, labored analgesics with IV diazepam; anaesthesia after 10-30 - Tablets-2, 5, 10 restlessness, , or stopped dose should be reduced by at - Adjunct in the min (rectal). mg confusion, least one-third or eliminated. Con management of D: Readily - Oral solution- delirium, - Instruct not to stop taking seizures crosses the 1mg/mL, 5mg/mL headache, fusion the drug without consulting - Muscle spasms blood-brain - Rectal pediatric slurred Dep the health care provider. - Acute barrier; gel- 2.5, 5, 10mg speech, ression - Observe the 15 rights of symptoms of redistributed - Injection- dysarthria, drug administration. Diz alcohol into fat depots 5mg/mL stupor, withdrawal and tissues. rigidity, ziness During - Premedication Protein- Routes of tremor, mild Dou - Do not administer before binding: 98- administration paradoxical intrarterially; may produce ble vision anaesthesia 99%. Oral excitatory arteriospasm, gangrene. M: Extensively Intramuscular reactions, Dro - Carefully monitor P. BP, hepatic; Intravenous extrapyramid wsiness respiration during IV converted to Rectal al symptoms, administration. Exci desmethyldiaz visual and - Change from IV therapy to epam, auditory tability oral therapy as soon as oxazepam and disturbances Hic possible. temazepam. CV: - Do not use small veins for cups E: Urine (as Bradycardia, IV injection. Lac free or tachycardia, - Instruct to take drug conjugated CV collapse, k of exactly as prescribed. metabolites) hypertension alertness and After (stupor) hypotension, - Maintain patients receiving edema Rapi parenteral benzodiazepines in GI: d side-to- bed for 3 hours. Constipation, - Do not permit ambulatory side diarrhea, dry patients to operate a vehicle mouth, movement of following an injection. salivation, the eyes - Instruct patient to report nausea, adverse reactions. Ras anorexia, - Monitor EEG in patients vomiting, h treated for status difficulty in Sto epilepticus, seizures may
