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Question 1

After teaching a patient with heart failure about beta blocking agents, the nurse recognizes that additional teaching is needed when the patient makes which statement?
◦ "I should weigh myself every day."
◦ "I will notify my health care provider if I become increasingly short of breath."
◦ "I need to check my blood sugar regularly."
◦ "I need to monitor myself daily for an increased heart rate and blood pressure."

Question 2

How should the nurse explain to a patient in heart failure the mechanism of action of an aldosterone antagonist?
◦ Promoting the excretion of the urinary waste products urea and creatinine
◦ Filtering potassium out with the water in the renal tubules
◦ Reducing sodium and water retention
◦ Retaining calcium to improve the condition of blood vessels in the glomeruli
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Reply #1 on: Jun 2, 2019
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