NURS 6521 FINAL EXAM 3 LATEST VERSIONS 2026-2027 CONTAINS 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS/NURS 6521N WEEK 11 FINAL EXAM |ALREADY GRADED A+|WALDEN
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A 62-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis Administer a tablet under his tongue and repeat the action in 5 and 10 minutes if the pain of
chest pain. He has an has not subsided
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?
An expected outcome for a patient who has just taken increased HR and decrease BP
sublingual nitroglycerin should
be
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A patient is to take nifedipine (Procardia) 10 mg PO tid. How 10 mg
many milligrams will he take per dose?
A nurse explains to a patient that nitroglycerin patches should Nitrate tolerance
be applied in the morning and removed in the evening. This
medication schedule reduces the potential for ...
A patient is admitted to the emergency department with severe Blood pressure
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?
A nurse is caring for a patient with chronic angina. The patient Dizziness
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?
A 45-year-old man enters the emergency department crush the capsule and ask the patient to inhale the vapors
complaining of chest pain. The
nurse has an order to administer amyl nitrite. The nurse will...
A patient is being discharged home with a prescription for keep the tablets in the original dark bottle.
sublingual nitroglycerin.
The nurse will instruct the patient and family to...
A nurse has an order to apply nitroglycerin topically, twice a don a pair of gloves
day. The nurse's initial
action will be to...
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A patient calls the clinic and reports that he is having chest have the patient go into his house and sit or lie down
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...
A recent episode of chest pain while doing yard work The patient's angina may necessitate the use of a calcium channel blocker
prompted a 70-year-old man to
seek care and he has been subsequently diagnosed with
chronic stable angina. The
nurse should recognize what guiding principle in the treatment of
this patient's angina?
Frequent episodes of exercise-related chest pain have caused The woman will be more susceptible to hypotension than a young patient. a
79-year-old woman to
use her prescribed nitroglycerin spray several times in recent
weeks. This patient's age will have what effect on her use of
nitroglycerin?
A nurse is creating a plan of care for a 68-year-old woman Acute Pain, headache, related to adverse effects of drug therapy
with a recent diagnosis of
unstable angina and new prescription for nitroglycerin. Which
of the following nursing
diagnoses should the nurse prioritize in the planning of this
patient's care?
A man has left his most recent visit to his primary care provider Put your patch on a part of your skin that doesn't have too much hair on it.
with a new
prescription for a transdermal nitroglycerin patch. What patient
education should the
nurse provide to this patient?
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