A Client Admitted with Heart Failure Overhears the Health Care

question 15

Multiple Choice

A client admitted with heart failure overhears the health care provider discussing plans to "digitalize" the client and asks the nurse what this means.Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?

• A)"The dose of digoxin gradually is increased until the heart tissue is saturated and symptoms of heart failure subside."
• B)"You will be given a series of digoxin injections over the next few days."
• C)"You will be given increasing doses of digoxin until you reach a toxic level,and then the drug will be stopped."
• D)"You are given twice the usual dose of digoxin every day until therapeutic results are seen."

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