ATI: Cardiovascular System
A nurse should recognize that Milrinone is contraindicated for a client with which conditions?
Acute myocardial infarction
A nurse is providing teaching to a client who is on Digoxin. Changes on an ECG that indicate severe digoxin toxicity. What drugs will treat this condition
Antigen binding fragments
A nurse is caring for a client who will begin using transdermal nitroglycerin to treat angina pectoris. Instructions the nurse should include are?
Apply a new path of at a hairless area Rotate sites Apply a new patch when you start your day Remove patches for 10-12 hours a day
The client should avoid Grapefruit juice when taking Verapamil because?
Can lead to hypotension
A client is on Losartan to treat hypertension. Which indicates an adverse reaction and needs to be reported?
Facial Edema
A nurse is caring for a client who is taking amiodarone to treat atrial fibrillation. The client should avoid what?
Grapefruit Juice
A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for nitroglycerin. Which are potential adverse effects on this drug?
Headache
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new prescription for aliskiren to treat hypertension. Which adverse events should be monitored?
Hyperkalemia Cough Throat Swelling
A nurse is providing teaching to a client who is taking simvastatin. the nurse should instruct the client to report which of the following manifestations as an indication of a serious adverse reaction that could require discontinuing drug therapy?
Muscle Pain
A nurse is treating a client who is taking Hydrochlorothiazide for gouty arthritis. The client and nurse should monitor for which adverse event?
Hyperuricemia
Carvedilol and drugs to manage type 2 diabetes mellitus increase the risk of what?
Hypoglycemia
A client is on a Loop Diuretic. Their symptoms of Thready irregular pulse, orthostatic hypotension and confusion are consistent with what event?
Hypokalemia
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new prescription for dobutamine. The nurse should clarify the prescription with the provider if the client is on which drugs?
MAOI General Anesthetic Beta Blocker Tricyclic Antidepressant
A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for quinidine. Which statement should the nurse include?
Monitor Pulse Rate and report changes
The client is on Diuretics. The client should increase their potassium intake with what food?
Raisins
A nurse is caring for a client who is taking Atorvastatin and has a new prescription for Gemfibrozil. This drug combination puts client at increase risk for which adverse event?
Myopathy
A client is on Propranolol to treat tachydysrhythmia. Which drugs should this client avoid?
NSAIDs
A nurse is caring for a client who is taking spironolactone to treat hypertension. The nurse should recognize that which of the following client laboratory values requires immediate intervention?
Potassium of 5.2 mEg/L
A nurse should identify that which of the following drugs is used only for the short term treatment of a cardiac dysrhythmia because of the serious adverse effects associate with long term use?
Procainamide
Nurse is caring for a client who is about to begin Catopril therapy. Which adverse events should be reported for discontinuation of the drug?
Rash Distorted Taste Dry Cough Swelling of the tongue
A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for Gemfibrozil. Their instructions should include?
Report new intolerance to fried foods Expect periodic liver functioning tests Report muscle tenderness
A nurse is caring for a client who has depressive disorder and requires a prescription drug to treat hypertension. Which antihypertensive drug is contradicted?
Reserpine
A nurse is treating a patient who is taking Verapamil. The patient has a history of conditions that could interfere, what are they?
Second Degree AV Block
A nurse is reviewing a new prescription with a client who has heart disease. Which drugs can treat hypercholesroiemia?
Simvastatin
A nurse is caring for a client who has glomerular filtration rate of 10mL.min and reduced urine output. The nurse should clarify a prescription for hydrochlorothiazide because?
The drug does not promote diuresis for clients who has a real insufficiency
