Chapter 20, Problem 4O

Summary Introduction

To develop:

A nursing care plan that includes all phases of a nursing process for patients taking cholinergic agonists.

Introduction:

The nursing process is an organizational framework that enables the nursing practices. It involves the different steps to ensure the patient care. It is a systemic process to plan and provide the nursing care to a patient who has potential health-related issues. The nursing process is involved in five steps for nursing a patient with potential health issues. These steps include assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of a patient.

Cholinergic drugs are also known as cholinergic agonists that mimic the acetylcholine effects and it is called parasympathomimetics. They act and stimulate the cholinergic receptors by the direct-acting and indirect-acting way in the parasympathetic nervous system.