Pharmacy NURS-6521 / NURS6521 / NURS 6521 LATEST UPDATE 2024 GRADED A+

Pharmacy NURS-6521 / NURS6521 / NURS 6521 LATEST UPDATE 2024 GRADED A+ Administer a tablet under his tongue and repeat the action in 5 and 10 minutes if the pain has not subsided - ANS-A 62-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of chest pain. He has an order for 0.3 mg of sublingual nitroglycerin prn for chest pain. Which of the following actions should the nurse do first when he complains of chest pain? increased HR and decrease BP - ANS-An expected outcome for a patient who has just taken sublingual nitroglycerin should be 10 mg - ANS-A patient is to take nifedipine (Procardia) 10 mg PO tid. How many milligrams will he take per dose? Nitrate tolerance - ANS-A nurse explains to a patient that nitroglycerin patches should be applied in the morning and removed in the evening. This medication schedule reduces the potential for ... Blood pressure - ANS-A patient is admitted to the emergency department with severe chest pain. The emergency department physician orders intravenous nitroglycerin 5 mcg/min, titrate dose by 5 mcg/min every 3 to 5 minutes per infusion pump as needed. Before administering the nitroglycerin, the nurse should prioritize which of the following assessments? Dizziness - ANS-A nurse is caring for a patient with chronic angina. The patient is receiving ranolazine (Ranexa) 500 mg PO bid. Which of the following signs or symptoms would the nurse attribute to being a common adverse effect of this medication? crush the capsule and ask the patient to inhale the vapors - ANS-A 45-year-old man enters the emergency department complaining of chest pain. The nurse has an order to administer amyl nitrite. The nurse will... keep the tablets in the original dark bottle. - ANS-A patient is being discharged home with a prescription for sublingual nitroglycerin. The nurse will instruct the patient and family to... don a pair of gloves - ANS-A nurse has an order to apply nitroglycerin topically, twice a day. The nurse's initial action will be to... have the patient go into his house and sit or lie down - ANS-A patient calls the clinic and reports that he is having chest pain. The patient states that ì'm scared that I am going to die and I've been pacing up and down my driveway.î After calming the patient, the initial instruction by the nurse would be to... The patient's angina may necessitate the use of a calcium channel blocker - ANS-A recent episode of chest pain while doing yard work prompted a 70-year-old man to seek care and he has been subsequently diagnosed with chronic stable angina. The