Your patient is receiving a beta-blocker for his high blood pressure. He arrives in the ER with complaints of severe dizziness and shortness of breath. As you obtain his apical rate, you notive it is 40 bpm and realize the patient has taken too much of the drug. What antidote should be administered?

atropine

A direct vasodilator that relaxes capacitance vessels (veins) has what beneficial effect in the body?

Decreases preload

Your patient has been diagnosed with unstable angina. What is the anticipated treatment? ("select all that apply")

Morphine

Supplemental Oxygen

Nitroglycerin

Aspirin

In addition to hypertension, alpha-1 blockers, such as doxazosin, may be useful in the treatment of:

Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH)

Hydralazine and isosorbide are used in combination for heart failure patients because they cause synergistic effects and can avoid the tolerance that occurs with using isosorbide alone. What other beneficial fact is related to this combination agent?

First drug labeled for use in a specific race (African Americans)

When a patient has been receiving sodium nitroprusside for 1 week, the nurse should be alert for:

thiocyanate accumulation, evidenced by disorientation and delirium

Your patient is taking lisinopril for hypertension. His blood pressure still remains slightly elevated and the physician would like to order a diuretic. Which of the following diuretics would be inappropriate to prescribe?

triamterene