Angina pain.
Questions:
Question 1: A primary care NP is developing a clinical practice guideline for management of a patient population in a midsized suburban hospital. The NP should:
a. use an existing guideline from a leading research hospital.
b. follow the guideline provided by a third-party payer to help ensure reimbursement.
c. review expert opinion and experimental, anecdotal, correlational study data.
d. write the guideline to adhere to long-standing practice protocols already in use
Question 2: A primary care NP prescribes a nitroglycerin transdermal patch, 0.4 mg/hour release, for a patient with chronic stable angina. The NP should teach the patient to:
a. change the patch four times daily.
b. use the patch as needed for angina pain.
c. use two patches daily and change them every 12 hours.
d. apply one patch daily in the morning and remove in 12 hours.
