Problem
What are the advantages of using benzodiazepines hypnotics instead of barbiturates for sleep disorders?
A. A client is scheduled for a major surgery. What type of analgesic best meets the client needs? Explain.
B. A client complains of flu symptoms and take aspirin to reduce fever and relive achiness associated with flu. What is your appropriate intervention? Why?
C. What are the serious side effects of narcotic analgesics?
D. What are the implications of liver disease or kidney disease for a person taking anti-convulsant drugs? Explain.
E. What are the drug-to-drug interactions between hydantoins and other drugs? Give examples.
F. What is the therapeutic serum range of phenytoin? Is it considered to have narrow or wide range? Why it should be closely monitored?