A AND R PHARM

1. What is true of hypnotics? a. Mechanisms of action include suppression of the reticular activating system that controls wakefulness in our brains. b. Nursing implications include warning against an adverse effect of zolpidem in which some patients sleep-walk and perform activities that are not remembered the next morning. c. The effect of benzodiazepines in the motor cortex helps to relax muscles, thus helping with sleep. d. All the above. 2. The phrase “start low, go slow” can app...

1.What is true of hypnotics? a.Mechanisms of action include suppression of the reticular activating system that controls wakefulness in our brains. b.Nursing implications include warning against an adverse effect of zolpidem in which some patients sleep-walk and perform activities that are not remembered the next morning. c.The effect of benzodiazepines in the motor cortex helps to relax muscles, thus helping with sleep. d.All the above. 2.The phrase “start low, go slow” can apply to ...

1. What is true of hypnotics? a. Mechanisms of action include suppression of the reticular activating system that controls wakefulness in our brains. b. Nursing implications include warning against an adverse effect of zolpidem in which some patients sleep-walk and perform activities that are not remembered the next morning. c. The effect of benzodiazepines in the motor cortex helps to relax muscles, thus helping with sleep. d. All the above. 2. The phrase “start low, go slow” can app...

1. What is true of hypnotics? a. Mechanisms of action include suppression of the reticular activating system that controls wakefulness in our brains. b. Nursing implications include warning against an adverse effect of zolpidem in which some patients sleep-walk and perform activities that are not remembered the next morning. c. The effect of benzodiazepines in the motor cortex helps to relax muscles, thus helping with sleep. d. All the above. 2. The phrase “start low, go slow” can app...