A Patient Is Receiving Digoxin 0

question 47

Multiple Choice

A patient is receiving digoxin 0.25 mg/day.What should the nurse do prior to administering this medication?

• A) Count an apical pulse for 15 seconds.
• B) Hold the dose if the apical rate is 57 beats/min.
• C) Give the dose if the apical rate is 59 beats/min.
• D) Double the dose if the rate is 62 beats/min.

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Definitions:

Atm

A unit of pressure used to describe the air pressure at sea level, equivalent to 101,325 Pa or about 14.696 psi.

Moles

A unit in chemistry that represents 6.022 x 10^23 particles of a given substance, used to express the amount of a chemical substance.

Temperature

An indication of how hot or cold a substance is, determined by the average kinetic energy of its particles.

Ideal Gas Law

A fundamental equation that relates pressure, volume, temperature, and the amount of gas, represented as PV = nRT.