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Your clietn has a new prescription for Digoxin, what information should be included in your clients education plan?

In teaching a patient with hypertension about controlling the condition, the nurse recognizes that?

A client taking an ACE inhibitor has developed a dry, hacking cough. Because of this side effect, the client no longer wants to take that medication. What medication that has similar hemodynamic effects does the nurse anticipate the health care provider ordering?

A client with left ventricular heart failure is taking Lanoxin (Digoxin) 0.25mg. What changes does the nurse expect to find if this medication is therapeutically effective? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

The health care provider writes orders for a client to receive an angiotensin II receptor blocker for treatment of heart failure.  What is the purpose of this medication?

 A client is admitted to the emergency department, and the nurse suspects a cardiac problem.  The HCP (health care provider) has left orders for the nurse. Which intervention should the nurse implement first?     

A client with acute chest pain is receiving 2 mg IV morphine sulfate. Which of the following results are intended effects of morphine? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

Which assessment would best accurately determine left ventricular failure?  

Which diagnostic procedure is most commonly used when caring for a client with a suspected aneurysm?  

  A patient is diagnosed with rheumatic endocarditis.  What bacterium is the nurse aware causes this inflammatory response?