A patient presents to the emergency department (ED) having an acute asthma attack. An ED physician has ordered a sympathomimetic (epinephrine). The nurse expects what as the therapeutic effect of this drug?

The nurse administers digoxin (Lanoxin), a cardiac glycoside, to the client for which therapeutic effect?

The nurse is administering nifedipine (Adalat) to a client. The student nurse she is precepting asks, “What drug class does that belong to?” How would the nurse respond?

The nurse is educating a client taking sodium bicarbonate. Which of the following statements should the nurse include?

Lithium is used to treat bipolar and is thought to work because:

A nurse preparing to administer IV alteplase to a client. Which of the following interventions should the nurse plan to take?

The nurse is caring for a client who takes an antiarrhythmic agent. What would be a priority nursing assessment before administering this drug?

The nurse assesses the client before administering digoxin (Lanoxin). The nurse should withhold the drug and notify the healthcare provider if which of the following is found during the assessment?

A client has been taking omeprazole (Prilosec) for 4 weeks. The ambulatory care nurse evaluates that the client is receiving the optimal intended effect of the medication if the client reports the absence of which symptoms?

Your client with hypertension is prescribed an ACE inhibitor. How do ACE inhibitors inhibitors help to manage hypertension?