Administer a tablet under his tongue and repeat the action in 5 and 10 minutes if the
pain has not subsided - A 62-year-old man is admitted to the
... [Show More] hospital with a diagnosis of
chest pain. He has an
order for 0.3 mg of sublingual nitroglycerin prn for chest pain. Which of the following
actions should the nurse do first when he complains of chest pain?
increased HR and decrease BP - An expected outcome for a patient who has just taken
sublingual nitroglycerin should
be
10 mg - A patient is to take nifedipine (Procardia) 10 mg PO tid. How many milligrams
will he take per dose?
Nitrate tolerance - A nurse explains to a patient that nitroglycerin patches should be
applied in the morning and removed in the evening. This medication schedule reduces
the potential for ...
Blood pressure - A patient is admitted to the emergency department with severe chest
pain. The
emergency department physician orders intravenous nitroglycerin 5 mcg/min, titrate
dose by 5 mcg/min every 3 to 5 minutes per infusion pump as needed. Before
administering the nitroglycerin, the nurse should prioritize which of the following
assessments?
Dizziness - A nurse is caring for a patient with chronic angina. The patient is receiving
ranolazine
(Ranexa) 500 mg PO bid. Which of the following signs or symptoms would the nurse
attribute to being a common adverse effect of this medication?
crush the capsule and ask the patient to inhale the vapors - A 45-year-old man enters
the emergency department complaining of chest pain. The
nurse has an order to administer amyl nitrite. The nurse will...
keep the tablets in the original dark bottle. - A patient is being discharged home with a
prescription for sublingual nitroglycerin.
The nurse will instruct the patient and family to...
don a pair of gloves - A nurse has an order to apply nitroglycerin topically, twice a day.
The nurse's initial
action will be to...
have the patient go into his house and sit or lie down - A patient calls the clinic and
reports that he is having chest pain. The patient states that
ì'm scared that I am going to die and I've been pacing up and down my driveway.î
After calming the patient, the initial instruction by the nurse would be to...
The patient's angina may necessitate the use of a calcium channel blocker - A recent
episode of chest pain while doing yard work prompted a 70-year-old man [Show Less]