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olgavictoria

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on: Jul 23, 2018
A patient asks the nurse how prescribed digoxin (Lanoxin) will help improve heart failure. What is the nurse's best response?
 
  a. It dilates your arteries and decreases your blood pressure.
  b. It directly perfuses your kidneys which decreases your fluid volume and blood pressure.
  c. It increases your heart rate which will result in improved cardiac output.
  d. It increases the force of heart contractions and slows down the heart rate to im-prove cardiac output.

Question 2

Which principle of adult learning is being used when the nurse provides a patient with an audiotape made during a teaching session?
 
  a. Moving from the simple to the complex
  b. Allowing practice time to learn a skill
  c. Reinforcing the information taught
  d. Providing appropriate feedback


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katkat_flores

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

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Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside drug that works on the muscle fiber of the heart to increase the force of each contraction. It also slows down the heart rate. These actions improve cardiac out-put.

Answer to Question 2

C
Providing an audiotape reinforces the information presented during a teaching session by pro-viding a reminder of what was learned. The more the senses are stimulated during teaching and learning, the more the learner will remember the information.


olgavictoria

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
:D TYSM

sarah_brady415

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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