Q10. Which laboratory value is necessary for the nurse to monitor in a patient taking milrinone (Primacor)?  

Q14. Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) is ordered on a patient following knee replacement surgery. When providing education on this medication to the patient, the nurse conveys that treatment will continue:

Q34. What other effect do phosphodiesterase inhibitors (PDIs) have besides causing a positive inotropic effect in treating heart failure?  

Q38. What is the therapeutic level for digoxin in adults?

Q7. A nurse is reinforcing teaching to a patient who has a new prescription for digoxin (Lanoxin). Which of the following can indicate digoxin toxicity and should be reported to the provider? (Select all that apply.)

Q49. Match the term on the right with the definition on the left.  

Q45. Which symptoms are most suggestive of the need to adjust the warfarin (Coumadin) dosage?            

Q4. Which drug would the nurse anticipate to be ordered when a patient undergoing heparin therapy has hematemesis, dark, tarry stools, tachycardia, and hypotension?  

Q18. The nurse is to administer digoxin to an 18-month-old patient who weighs 16.5 lb. Guidelines for administration read as follows: 0.0075 to 0.010 mg/kg/day. Which is a safe medication dosage?

Q37. Which statement about vasodilaters is true?