DAVAO DOCTORS COLLEGE

General Malvar St., Davao City NURSING PROGRAM

Name of Patient: Patient X Date of Admission: November 16,2023 Room:313 Age:38 Sex: Male Civil Status: Married

Religion: N/A Attending Physician:

DRUG NAME CLASSIFICATION/ INDICATION CONTRAINDICATIONS ADVERSE EFFECTS NURSING

MECHANISM RESPONSIBILITY
OF ACTION
Classification:  Indicated to  Contraindicated ADVERSE EFFECT: 1. Check the
restore BP in patients with physician’s order
Pharmacologic acute mesenteric or CNS: headache, anxiety before giving the
hypotension; peripheral vascular medication.
Class: Alpha/beta agonists
severe thrombosis (unless 2. Observe and apply
hypotension CV: bradycardia, severe the 10 rights.
Therapeutic Class: drug is deemed HTN, arrhythmias,
during 3. Notify prescriber
Vasopressors necessary as a life- ischemic injury.
cardiac arrest immediately of
saving procedure),
profound hypoxia, decreased urine
Mechanism of Action: Respiratory: respiratory
hypercarbia, or output
difficulties. 4. Drug isn’t a
Stimulates alpha and beta1 hypotension resulting
receptors in the sympathetic from blood volume substitute for blood
deficit (except as an Skin: irritation with or fluid replacement
Generic Name: nervous system, causing
emergency measure). extravasation, necrosis therapy. If patient
Norepinephrine vasoconstriction and cardiac
 Contraindicated during and gangrene secondary has volume deficit,
Brand Name: stimulation.
cyclopropane and to extravasation. replace fluids before
-Levophed
halothane anesthesia giving vasopressors.
due to risk of Other: anaphylaxis 5. When stopping drug,
ventricular gradually slow
arrhythmias. infusion rate.
 Use cautiously in 6. Monitor infusion site
patients with sulfate carefully as
sensitivity extravasation can
cause tissue
 necrosis.
7. Monitor intake and
output.

DOSAGE: Reference:
• 1mg/mL Woods, A. D. (2023).
Nursing 2023
ROUTE: Drug Handbook (C. B. Hendler,
• IV Ed.; 43rd ed.).
Wolters Kluwer
Frequency:
About 1 minute Kizior, R. J., & Hodgson, B. B.
(2021). Saunders nursing drug
handbook 2022 E-book.
Elsevier Health Sciences.
JHON KRISTOPHER C. BERNADAS, SN
NAME OF THE STUDENT