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A nurse is caring for a client who is taking an angiotensin-
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converting enzyme inhibitor and develops a dry, nonproductive
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cough. What is the nurse's priority action? -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a. Call the health care provider to switc
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h the medication.
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The nurse is reviewing a medication history on a client taking an
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ACE inhibitor. The nurse plans to contact the health care provide
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r if the client is also taking which medication? -
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g✔✔✔ Correct Answer > d. spironolactone (Aldactone)
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A client is prescribed a noncardioselective beta1 blocker. What
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nursing intervention is a priority for this client? -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. Respiratory assessment
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,Which client will the nurse assess first?
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a. The client who has been on beta blockers for 1 day.
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b. The client who is on a beta blocker and a thiazide diuretic.
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c. The client who has stopped taking a beta blocker due to cost.
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d. The client who is taking a beta blocker and Lasix (furosemi
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c. The client who has stopped taking
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a beta blocker due to cost.
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The nurse is caring for a client with hypertension who is prescrib
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ed Clonidine transdermal preparation. What is the correct infor
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mation to teach this client? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer
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> d. Get up slowly from a sitting to a standing position.
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The client taking Methyldopa (Aldomet) has elevated liver functi
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on tests. What is the nurse's best action? -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. Notify the health care provider.
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A client taking prazosin has a blood pressure of 140/90. The clien
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t is complaining of swollen feet. What is the nurse's best action? -
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g✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c. Determine the client's history.
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, A calcium channel blocker has been ordered for a client. Which c
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ondition in the client's history is a contraindication to this medic
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ation? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c. Hypotension
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A client who takes clonidine (Catapres) is to be discharged to ho
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me. Which instruction will the nurse include when teaching this c
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g✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. "Increasing fluid and fiber in your die
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t can help prevent the side effect of constipation."
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During assessment of a client diagnosed with pheochromocytom
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a, the nurse auscultates a blood pressure of 210/110 mm Hg. Wh
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at is the nurse's best action? -
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c. To administer phentolamine (Regitin
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Which is a priority nursing diagnosis for a client taking an antihyp
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✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a. Alteration in cardiac output related t
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o effects on the sympathetic nervous system
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When a newly admitted client is placed on heparin, the nurse ac
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knowledges that heparin is effective for preventing new clot
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