The Nurse Teaches a Patient with Coronary Artery Disease About

question 18

Multiple Choice

The nurse teaches a patient with coronary artery disease about prescribed nitroglycerin therapy. Which patient statement indicates further teaching is needed?

• A) "If the pain doesn't go away, I can take a second tablet after 5 minutes."
• B) "I should not take nitroglycerin if I have taken Viagra."
• C) "I should try to sit or lie down when I take the nitroglycerin."
• D) "I'll put a couple of tablets in a plastic bag in my pocket so I have them with me all the time."

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Definitions:

Knockout

An experiment in which a gene is deliberately inactivated in a living organism; also, an organism that carries a knocked-out gene.

Inactivate

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Experiments

Controlled procedures carried out to investigate the effect of a variable by providing precise data and observations.

Extra X Chromosome

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