During a Teaching Session About Self-Monitoring While Taking a Beta

question 6

Multiple Choice

During a teaching session about self-monitoring while taking a beta blocker at home, the nurse has taught the patient to take his apical pulse daily for 1 minute. If the pulse rate decreases to less than 60 beats/min, the nurse will instruct the patient to do which of these?

• A) Notify his prescriber.
• B) Reduce the dose of his beta blocker by half.
• C) Continue the medication because this is an expected effect.
• D) Skip the medication dose that day, and check his pulse again the next day.

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