NURS 6521D Midterm Exam Advanced Pharmacology Summer 2020 (NURS-6521D)

An expected outcome for a patient who has just taken sublingual nitroglycerin should be Selected Answer: Correct Answer: B. increased heart rate and decreased blood pressure. Response Feedback: Nitroglycerin relaxes vascular smooth muscle and dilates both arterial and venous vessels. Dilation of veins is more predominant than dilation of arteries, resulting in peripheral pooling of blood and decreased preload. Blood pressure will usually decrease as a result of the venous...