The nurse providing care for a woman with preterm labor on terbutaline would include which of the following interventions to identify side effects of the drug?
1. Assess deep tendon reflexes
2. Assess for dyspnea and crackles
3. Assess for bradycardia
4. Assess for hypoglycemia
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1. Incorrect. Terbutaline is a beta2-adrenergic agonist that affects the cardiopulmonary and metabolic systems of the mother. Assessing DTRs would not address these concerns.
2. Correct. Terbutaline is a beta2-adrenergic agonist that affects the cardiopulmonary and metabolic systems of the mother. Signs of cardiopulmonary decompensation include adventi-tious breath sounds and dyspnea.
3. Incorrect. Terbutaline is a beta2-adrenergic agonist that affects the cardiopulmonary and metabolic systems of the mother. Beta2-adrenergic agonist drugs will cause tachycardia, not bradycardia.
4. Incorrect. Terbutaline is a beta2-adrenergic agonist that affects the cardiopulmonary and metabolic systems of the mother. The metabolic effect leads to hyperglycemia, not hypogly-cemia.
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