The nurse completes medication education with a patient who receives propranolol (Inderal). The nurse evaluates the education as effective when the patient makes which statement?
1. "I must take my pulse every day and call my doctor if it is higher than 100."
2. "I must call my doctor if my anxiety increases and I start worrying again."
3. "I must take my pulse every day and call my doctor if it is less than 60."
4. "I must call my doctor if I lose more than three pounds a week."
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Rationale 1: Beta blockers decrease, not increase, the heart rate.
Rationale 2: Beta blockers actually decrease, not increase, anxiety.
Rationale 3: Beta blockers decrease contractions of the myocardium and decrease the speed of conduction through the atrioventricular (AV) node. This can result in a significant decrease in heart rate, and the patient should let the physician know if his heart rate falls below 60.
Rationale 4: Beta blockers predispose the patient to weight gain, not weight loss.
Global Rationale: Beta blockers decrease contractions of the myocardium and decrease the speed of conduction through the atrioventricular (AV) node. This can result in a significant decrease in heart rate, and the patient should let the physician know if his heart rate falls below 60. Beta blockers decrease, not increase, the heart rate. Beta blockers predispose the patient to weight gain, not weight loss. Beta blockers actually decrease, not increase, anxiety.
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