For the seven-year-old child who is to receive a dose of digoxin ...

[HudsonKB16]

For the seven-year-old child who is to receive a dose of digoxin and whose pulse rate is 88, the nurse would:
 
  a. administer the child's dose of digoxin. c. withhold the dose of digoxin.
  b. notify the health care provider. d. prescribe a serum digoxin level.

Question 2

The pulse rate at which the nurse would withhold a dose of digoxin in an adult is:
 
  a. 100 beats per minute. c. less than 60 beats per minute.
  b. less than 90 beats per minute. d. less than 70 beats per minute.

[stallen]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Feedback
A Correct: The nurse should administer the dose because the pulse rate is not less than 70.
B Incorrect: The child's pulse rate is within defined limits.
C Incorrect: The child's pulse rate is not less than 70.
D Incorrect: Prescribing is beyond the scope of practice for a staff nurse.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C

Feedback
A Incorrect: The nurse would not withhold the digoxin, if the client had a pulse rate of 100.
B Incorrect: The nurse would not withhold the digoxin, if the client had a pulse rate of less than 90 unless the client was an infant.
C Correct: For an adult the nurse would withhold the digoxin, if the client's pulse rate was less than 60.
D Incorrect: The nurse would not withhold the digoxin, if the client had a pulse rate of less than 70, unless the client was a child.

[HudsonKB16]

Excellent

[ryhom]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it