Problem
A patient is admitted to a local health care facility for surgery and needs to be given preanesthetic drugs. The patient has anxiety. The physician orders neuroleptanalgesia to be administered to decrease anxiety and apprehension prior to the surgery.
A. What is neuroleptanalgesia? What are the adverse effects of neuroleptanalgesia that a nurse should be alert for?
B. When and why may droperidol be administered as a preanesthetic drug to a patient?