Author Question: A patient is being discharged with prescribed sublingual nitroglycerin. Which teaching points does ... (Read 53 times)

anshika · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A patient is being discharged with prescribed sublingual nitroglycerin. Which teaching points does the nurse include in the patient's care plan? (Select all that apply.)

a. Keep the tablet in place until it is dissolved.
b. Swallow the tablet with a full glass of water.
c. A tingling sensation means that the drug is potent.
d. Do not eat anything until after the tablet is dissolved.
e. Call your prescriber if chest pain persists after one tablet.

Question 2

What is the best definition of a fraction?

a. Part of a whole number obtained by dividing one number by a larger number
b. The answer obtained when one number divided another number is always an even number
c. The smallest unit or part of a number that can be obtained by dividing one number by itself
d. The dividing point between whole numbers and parts of numbers in a system based on units of ten

adf223 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A, C, D, E
Sublingual or buccal nitroglycerin should not be swallowed because the liver destroys most of the drug and makes it ineffective. The drug should be kept in place until dissolved. Patients should not drink or eat until the tablet is dissolved. A tingling sensation as the tablet dissolves indicates that the drug is potent and any time a patient's chest pain persists after using one tablet, the prescriber should be notified.

Answer to Question 2

A
A fraction is always a part of a whole number. A proper faction is always less than a single whole number.