Question

A client with chronic open-angle glaucoma is being taught to self-administer pilocarpine. After the client administers the pilocarpine, the client states that her vision is blurred. Which nursing action is most appropriate?

Answer 1

Explaining that this is an expected adverse effect of pilocarpine is the most appropriate nursing action.

Step-by-step explanation:

Pilocarpine is an antimuscarinic drug. There are M3 receptors located on the pupil responsible to constrict the pupils (miosis ) and also causing cyclospasm.

As pilocarpine is administered ,it is a pharmacologic antagonist of the muscarinic receptor , it results in mydriasis (dilation of pupils ) and cycloplegia ( inability to accommodate ) resulting in blurred vision.

Hence it is one of the side effects of pilocarpine.