The Nurse Working in the Heart Failure Clinic Will Know

The nurse working in the heart failure clinic will know that teaching for a 74-year-old patient with newly diagnosed heart failure has been effective when the patient

A) uses an additional pillow to sleep when feeling short of breath at night.
B) tells the home care nurse that furosemide (Lasix) is taken daily at bedtime.
C) calls the clinic when the weight increases from 124 to 130 pounds in a week.
D) says that the nitroglycerin patch will be used for any chest pain that develops.

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