The nurse teaching the client with angina about how to treat an acute anginal attacks instructs the client to:
a. take one nitroglycerin tablet sublingual up to three tablets 5 minutes apart; call 911 after the third tablet, if pain does not subside.
b. swallow three nitroglycerin tablets, followed by three additional tablets sublingual; call 911, if pain is not relieved.
c. place transdermal patch on the chest over the heart after calling 911.
d. take three nitroglycerin tablets 15 minutes apart; call the health care provider, if pain is not relieved.
ANS: A
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A Correct: This is the protocol for acute anginal attacks.
B Incorrect: This is not the appropriate route or number of doses.
C Incorrect: This is not the appropriate route or sequence.
D Incorrect: This is not the appropriate protocol.
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