How will you know that your teaching has been effective?
What will be an ideal response?
J.B. and his wife are able to state the following:
• The names of each of the drugs prescribed along with the dose, the reason for use, possible
adverse effects, and the importance of taking drugs on time
• At least four ways to achieve maximal muscle strength or endurance
• The signs and symptoms of cholinergic and MG crises and how to intervene in a crisis situation
• That J.B. will wear a form of medical alert identification and carry written information regarding his
prescribed drugs and dosages
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A. Smooth and skeletal muscle B. Skeletal and cardiac muscle C. Smooth and cardiac muscle D. Branchiomeric and smooth muscle