A patient who is under digoxin therapy to treat chronic heart failure presents with symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, headache, and visual disturbances. Which of the following treatment options should be pursued?
A. The patient should be taken off digoxin immediately.
B. The patient should be administered a calcium blocker instead of digoxin.
C. The dose of digoxin should be reduced.
D. The dose of digoxin should be increased.
Answer: C
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A) Give the next two doses at the same time. B) Give the dose and chart the patient response. C) Check the patient's vital signs and give the dose. D) Hold the dose and call the aPTT result to the physician's attention.
The psychiatric examination includes a psychiatric history and a mental status assessment. When conducting the mental status assessment, the nurse: Standard Text: Select all that apply
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A community health nurse identifies a problem of increased infant mortality with adolescent pregnancies. The nurse decides to address this problem with a health policy. The nurse is engaging in which stage of the policy process?
A) Formulation B) Adoption C) Implementation D) Evaluation
A home health nurse is providing care to a patient. Which action by the nurse is a physical care technique?
a. Dressing a patient b. Assisting a patient to learn how to shop c. Performing range-of-motion exercises d. Administering cardiopulmonary resuscita-tion