To control the symptoms associated with anxiety, the client is ordered a beta-adrenergic blocker. Which is the most important teaching point for the nurse to include about the use of these agents?
A) Monitor triglycerides levels.
B) Report fatigue and increased lightheadedness.
C) Rise slowly from lying or sitting position.
D) Watch for signs of hypoglycemia.
C
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Beta-adrenergic blockers are frequently used to treat social phobias. These drugs do, however, lower blood pressure and cause bradycardia. Clients should be instructed to rise slowly from lying or sitting positions to decrease episodes of dizziness (an initial common effect of this category of drugs). Triglyceride and glucose levels may be moderately elevated in the blood of some clients but this is less common than dizziness.
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Tact is doing and saying the right things at the right time
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