Quiz 2

What is the pulse a patient needs to have before you can give digoxin?

• 45

• 60

• 80

• 50

Which of the following side effects are possible when a patient takes nitroglycerin?

• hypertension

• headache

• anxiety

• bleeding

A patient has been on furosemide for hypertension and recently was placed on digoxin to manage his developing CHF. What is the nurse going to monitor and recommend to ensure reduced side effect and possibility?

• Potassium for possible hyperkalemia and recommend adding a thiazide

• INR for the possibility of bleeding and add vitamin K

• Potassium for the possibility of hypokalemia and reccomend adding a potassium supplement

• Sodium for the possibility of hypernatremia and recommend adding lisinopril

What possibility toxicity does this picture represent?

• Digoxin

• Heparin

• Aspirin

• Furosemide

After being admitted for a DVT and patient was placed on heparin. The patient has coffee ground emesis and is having difficulty stopping bleeding when using his glucometer. What medication would you suggest to help this patient?

• Vitamin K

• Protamine Sulfate

• Aminocaproic Acid

• Acetaminophen

In order to prevent receptor down regulation, how many hours must a patient be drug free when taking a long acting nitroglycerin?

• 12

• 10

• 8

• 14

When a patient is taking digoxin, what information do you need to provide when educating them about how to take their digoxin?

• Take at the onset of chest pain, wait 5 minutes and repeat up to three times

• Avoid green leafy vegetables or stay consistent in your vitamin K intake

• Avoid aspirin as it will cause excessive bleeding with digoxin

• Avoid taking with food high in fiber and bran

A patient taking warfarin has unexplained bruising and an elevated INR. What medication do you expect the physician to order for this patient?

• Aspirin

• Vitamin K

• Protamine Sulfate

• Aminocaproic Acid

A side effect of cholestyramine is:

• diarrhea

• constipation

• rhabdomyolysis

• cough

How many sublingual nitroglycerin tablets can patients take when treating angina?

• 3 tablets at once

• 1 tablet, wait 15 minutes, then repeat up to 4 times

• 1 tablet, wait 5 minutes up to three times

• 1 tablet daily