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This drugs works on a chemical in your brain called GABA, which slows down your brain, causing you to fall asleep.

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It is used to put patients to sleep before and during a procedure, and before intubation (breathing tube)

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Common: You may have trouble breathing, low blood pressure (dizziness, blurry vision), pain as the drug enters your body

Serious: You may also experience Propofol infusion syndrome, which is from using propofol for a long time. Symptoms include feeling sleepy, tired, having dark urine or no urine, pain in your muscles, pain in your stomach, throwing up and gaining weight.

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-Monitor patient for trouble breathing and low blood pressure
-Use a bigger vein to avoid pain at site of injection
-Use carefully in patients who are older, hypovolemic and poor cardiac function
-start with low dose administration that achieves sedation and avoids complications
-Maintain aseptic technique when handling to reduce risk for contamination and infection
-Discard tubing after 12 hours

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The nurse is administering propofol to a patient who is mechanically ventilated. The nurse knows that the priority problem for this patient is:
A) Injection site pain
B) Risk for abuse
C) Respiratory depression
D) Infection risk

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-Rapid onset, short duration of action
-patient can be unconscious within 60 seconds after administration
-lasts only 3-5 minutes after injection, longer with continuous infusion

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-Burchum, J. & Rosenthal, L. (2019). Lehne's pharmacology for nursing care. Saunders
-Lexicomp (2022). Lexi-CLINICAL SUITE [Mobile application software]. Retrieved online fromhttps://online-lexi-com.proxygw.wrlc.org/lco/action/doc/retrieve/docid/patch_f/7572?cesid=5usCWezCuGw&searchUrl=%2Flco%2Faction%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dpropofol%26t%3Dname%26acs%3Dfalse%26acq%3Dpropofol