A patient asks the nurse how prescribed digoxin (Lanoxin) will help improve heart failure. What is the nurse's best response?
a. "It dilates your arteries and decreases your blood pressure."
b. "It directly perfuses your kidneys which decreases your fluid volume and blood pressure."
c. "It increases your heart rate which will result in improved cardiac output."
d. "It increases the force of heart contractions and slows down the heart rate to im-prove cardiac output."
D
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside drug that works on the muscle fiber of the heart to increase the force of each contraction. It also slows down the heart rate. These actions improve cardiac out-put.
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