Cardiovascular Drugs Flashcards
What is the antiplatelets drug that can prevent stroke?
Aspirin
What is being initiated if the fibrin is present and if the clot is already formed?
Fibrinolysis
A client is complaining of hypotension and agina. What nursing intervention is needed immediately to be used?
Infusion pump
What class of antidysrhythmic drug does it have drugs under it that act as a general myocardial depressant to the heart?
Class II (Beta blockers)
Anything that alters the heart’s regular rhythm is called what?
Dysrhythmias
A nurse does not need to check if the current medication is compatible with digoxin, true or false.
False (need to double check always)
Where does the older group of cardiac drugs come from?
Digitalis plant
or Foxglove
What is a complication where the blood being pumped to the ventricle is not enough?
Heart failure
This is being utilized to avoid migraine headaches
withdrawal from nicotine, alcohol, opioids, and severe dysmenorrhea.
Clonidine
A system of the body whose main function is to circulate all the blood in the body, which contains oxygen, nutrients, etc. What is this?
Circulatory system
Who controls a person’s heart rate?
Autonomic nervous system (ANS)
A nurse takes the blood pressure of a client, and the results are 140 over 90. The nurse knows that this blood pressure shows high blood pressure. What stage of high blood pressure is this?
Stage 2
When is the diuretic drug thiazides usually administered to the client to avoid nocturia?
Morning
Supraventricular tachycardia has an irregular rhythm and a rate of 90 to 150 bpm. Is this true or false?
False ( regular rhythm and has a rate of 150 to 250 bpm)
If a client is taking a vasodilator drug, what do they need to monitor at home?
Blood pressure and heart rate
