Which patient assessment would help a nurse in evaluating the therapeutic effects of a calcium channel blocker for angina?

Which explanation describes how anticoagulants work?

Which instruction does a nurse provide a patient who reports headaches associated with administration of sublingual nitroglycerin?

Which statement by the nurse explains the reason for discontinuing aspirin 7 days before surgery?

Which drug will a nurse expect the health care provider to prescribe for a patient receiving digoxin who reports a headache, dizziness, nausea, and blurred vision and also has a pulse rate of 45 bpm?

Which assessment will the nurse make before administering nitroglycerin?

Your patient is taking simvastatin. Which of the following findings below demonstrate this medication is providing therapeutic effects to this patient? Select-all-that-apply:

You're providing education to a group of participants in the community about cholesterol and cardiac disease. Which statements below verbalized by some of the participants are inaccurate and require you to provide clarification?

A patient is prescribed a calcium channel blocker and Digoxin. Which findings would require the nurse to hold further doses of the medications and to immediately notify the physician? Select all that apply:

The physician prescribes the patient a potassium-sparing diuretic. Which statement below best describes how this medication works to cause diuresis?

Which potassium-sparing diuretics are known to antagonize aldosterone in order to cause diuresis? Select all that apply:

A patient is currently taking a potassium-sparing diuretic. The patient is experiencing EKG changes with tall-peaked T-waves, nausea, diarrhea, and paresthesia. The patient's morning lab results are back and the nurse makes it priority to check what lab result?

A patient has a dose of Spironolactone due at 1000. Which finding below would require the nurse to hold the dose and notify the physician for further orders?

True of False: Thiazide diuretics are more potent than loop diuretics and provide immediate diuresis effects.

Your patient is prescribed hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ). The patient's potassium level is 2 mEq/L. What medication below should the nurse hold and notify the physician for further orders?

Based on your nursing knowledge of how thiazide diuretics work, which patient below would benefit from these types of medications.

You're developing a plan of care for a patient with heart failure that will be prescribed a thiazide diuretic. What nursing interventions will you include in this patient's plan of care? Select all that apply.

You’re providing discharge teaching to a patient who will be taking a thiazide diuretic for the treatment of hypertension. You note that the patient has type I diabetes. What statement by the patient represents they misunderstood your teaching points about this medication and requires you reinforce some of the education pieces?

Your patient is ordered a loop diuretic at 1300. Which finding below would require you to hold the dose and notify the physician for further orders?

Which patients below may be prescribed a loop diuretic based on their diagnosis? Select all that apply:

You're educating a group of new nurse graduates about loop diuretics. One topic you discuss is ototoxicity. You ask the new nurses to explain how to prevent this adverse side effect in a patient prescribed a loop diuretic. Which response by one of the new nurses is correct?

What electrolyte imbalances would the nurse monitor for in the patient who is taking a loop diuretic? Select all that apply:

A physician writes a new medication order for a patient who has cardiovascular disease. The medication is an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB). What new medication on the patient’s scheduled medication list is an ARB?

As the nurse you know to tell the patient that the best way to PREVENT rebound hypertension while taking an Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker (ARB) is to?

Some patients who take ACE Inhibitors may develop angioedema. What signs and symptoms will you teach the patient to recognize that can present with this adverse reaction? Select all that apply:

A patient states they are experiencing an annoying, persistent dry cough that started once they begin taking an ACE Inhibitor. The patient is not experiencing any other signs and symptoms. As the nurse, your response is?

A patient is taking an ACE inhibitor and Spironolactone. It is the priority the nurse teaches the patient?

A patient is taking Digoxin. What medication on the patient’s medication list increases the patient’s risk of experiencing Digoxin toxicity?

Your patient, who is 55-years-old, is prescribed to take Digoxin. What patient finding requires that the nurse hold the dose of Digoxin and notify the physician?

Digoxin, a cardiac glycoside, is a positive inotrope. You understand this as

The following are uses for digoxin. Select all that apply:

A patient taking digoxin on assessment, has a pulse rate of 50 BPM, and complains of blurred vision. What actions are anticipated?

Nitrates, as antianginals cause coronary vasodilations, but can also cause the following. Select all that apply.

A nurse peer tells a patient not to discontinue beta blockers or calcium blockers abruptly, nor without HCP approval. You understand that your coworker is warning patient against:

When administering a nitrate, what position should the patient be in?

In administering Beta Blockers, why are cardiac selective beta blockers preferred over non-selective?

What is an important patient teaching for a patient on aspirin who has an upcoming surgery scheduled

Thiazide diuretics would be contraindicated in which of the following? Select all the apply.

Hydrochlorothiazide diuretic is being administered with lithium. As a nurse what are you most concerned about:

In administration of heparin, an anticoagulant, you as the nurse would watch out for the following side effects and adverse effects . Select all that apply.

Maintenance therapeutic INR levels for warfarin is:

Your patient has an INR of 5.5, as the nurse what is your priority action?

Which of the following statements made by a nursing student regarding heparin requires further teaching?

You understand that excessive bleeding caused by heparin requires which of these reversal agents?

The patient takes sublingual nitroglycerin tablets for cardiac pain as prescribed and 5 minutes later, the pain still persists. What is the recommended action by the patient?

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