After dopamine is administered to a patient who has been experiencing hypotensive episodes, other than an increase in blood pressure, which indicator would the nurse use to evaluate a successful response?
a. Decrease in pulse and blood pressure
b. Increase in urine output
c. Weight gain
d. Improved gastric motility
ANS: B
Dopamine would cause an increase in urine output, because cardiac output is increased as a result of the increase in blood pressure.
The effectiveness of dopamine would not be measured by a decrease in pulse and blood pressure, because dopamine's primary effect is to increase blood pressure.
Dopamine's effectiveness would not be evaluated by a weight gain.
Dopamine's effectiveness would not be evaluated by improved gastric motility.
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