A prescriber has ordered a beta1-agonist medication for a patient. A nurse understands that the patient who would most likely benefit from a beta1 agonist would be a patient with which of the following health alterations?
a. Heart failure
b. Hypertension
c. Asthma
d. Glaucoma
A
Therapeutic applications of beta1 activation include cardiac arrest, heart failure, shock, and AV heart block.
Hypertension is not an indication for the use of a beta1-agonist medication.
Asthma would be most effectively managed with a beta2-agonist medication.
Glaucoma is not an indication for use of a beta1-agonist medication.
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