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mikaylakyoung

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on: Jul 23, 2018
During a teaching session about
 
  self-monitoring while taking a beta blocker at home, the nurse has taught the patient to take his apical pulse daily for 1 minute. If the pulse rate decreases to less than 60 beats/min, the nurse will instruct the patient to:
  a. notify his prescriber.
  b. reduce the dose of his beta blocker by half.
  c. continue the medication because this is an expected effect.
  d. skip the medication dose that day, and check his pulse again the next day.

Question 2

A patient is experiencing diastolic heart failure. The nurse expects which beta blocker to be ordered for this patient?
 
  a. Atenolol (Tenormin)
  b. Carvedilol (Coreg)
  c. Acebutolol (Sectral)
  d. Esmolol (Brevibloc)


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Christopher

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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B


mikaylakyoung

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Wow, this really help

hramirez205

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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