CAPITOL UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Name of Student: Charlyn Jensel Engasta
Name of Patient: Felizarta, Elsie Corona
DRUG ORDER
(Generic name, brand
name, classification, dosage,
route, frequency)
GENERIC NAME:
Lidocaine
hydrochloride,lidocaine
HCl in 5%dextrose ,
lidocaine HCl without
preservatives
BRAND NAME:
(Pareteral) LidoPen,
Xylocaine (Local
anesthetic) Dilocaine,
Lidoject, Nervocaine,
Octocaine, Xylovaine
(Mucosal) Anestacon,
CLASSIFICATION:
Anesthetic- topical or
Local
Date of Assignment: November 15, 2021
Ward: Delivery Room Bed No. 1
DRUG STUDY
NURSING
MECHANISM OF INDICATIONS CONTRAINDICATIONS ADVERSE EFFECTS OF RESPONSIBILITIES/
ACTION THE DRUG PRECAUTIONS
When administered  Intravenous  Hypersensitivity to Adverse  When Lidocaine is
intramuscularly or Ventricular arrythmias lidocaine or amide- Reactions: administered as an
intravenously,  Intramuscular type local anesthetic  Drowsiness antiarrythmic the
Lidocaine suppresses Self injected or when IV  Advanced AV  Dizziness nurse should monitor
the automaticity and is unavailable during Blocked  Nervousness the ECG continously.
transport to local Blood pressure and
spontaneous  Decreased or absent
facilities respiratory status
depolarization of the of gag reflex
 Local should be monitored
ventricles during  Bradycardia frequently during the
Infiltration or mucosal or
diastole by altering the topical anesthetic  Hypotension drug administration.
flux of sodium ion  Burning sensation  When administered as
 Patch
across the cell Used when pain is anesthetic,the
membrane with little present due to post-herpic numbness of the
or no effect on the neuralgia effective part should
heart. Locally, it be assessed .
produce local  Serum Lidocaine
anesthesia effect by levels should be
inhibiting the transport monitored frequently
ions across the neural during prolonged use.
Therapeutic serum
membranes. Thus,
lidocaine levels range
initiation and from 1.5-5 mcg/ml.
conduction of normal
nerve impulses is
prevented.
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