A Nurse Is Teaching a Client How to Use Nitroglycerin

question 18

Multiple Choice

A nurse is teaching a client how to use nitroglycerin tablets to be kept at the client's bedside for PRN use.The nurse should instruct the client that to be effective,these tablets are to be:

• A)chewed and then swallowed without water
• B)dissolved on top of the tongue
• C)dissolved under the tongue
• D)swallowed with a small amount of water

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