pharm unit 3 study guide

Question 1

What respiratory rate would the nurse hold opiate pain medication?

Answer 1

less than 12

Question 2

What action would the nurse take for a patient receiving morphine sulfate who has a shallow
irregular respiratory rate of 8 breaths/min?

Answer 2

hold meds, support respiration, and contact health care providers.

Question 3

When monitoring a patient on an opiate agonist, such as morphine, what should the nurse
observe for?

Answer 3

Monitor respirations, bowel function, level of consciousness, pain management

Question 4

Prolonged use of opiates and partial opiate agonists can lead to

Answer 4

physical or psychological
dependency /addiction.

Question 5

What is naloxone (Narcan) used for?

Answer 5

Restore respiratory function in a person with opioid
overdose

Question 6

What do you include in patient teaching for those who have started on analgesics, particularly?
opiate and partial opiate agonist?

Question 7

what are opioids used for

Answer 7

moderate to servre pain

Question 8

oxycodone

Answer 8

mild to severe pain

Question 9

Narcan

Answer 9

reverse CNS depression puts the patient back in pain and increases respirations

Question 10

morphine

Answer 10

moderate to severe pain urinary retention gi derm res dependence

Question 11

agonist

Answer 11

attaches to receptors and produces a response. causes res depression sedation and physical dependence

Question 12

agonist antagonist

Answer 12

binds to receptors prevents response, lower potential for abuse compared to opioids less respiratory depression and analgesia