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EAugust · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The nurse, caring for a patient who is receiving cardiac glycosides to treat heart failure, will teach the patient to follow what diet?

A) High sodium, low potassium, high fat
B) Low sodium, low potassium, low fat
C) High iron, high calcium, high potassium
D) Low sodium, high potassium, low fat

Question 2

What is the primary reason a nurse might administer an antiparkinsonism drug to a child?

A) New-onset Parkinson's disease
B) Drug abuse
C) Fibromyalgia
D) Parkinsonian symptoms

ky860224 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
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Restrict dietary sodium to reduce edema in patients receiving cardiac glycosides. If the patient is hyponatremic or using a potassium-losing diuretic, increase potassium in diet, as well as limit fat intake to reduce weight and atherogenic activity.

Answer to Question 2

D
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The incidence of Parkinson's disease in children is very low. Children do, however, experience parkinsonian symptoms as a result of drug adverse effects, not of drug abuse. Fibromyalgia is not usually diagnosed in children either.