Drug Therapy for the Circulatory and Cardiac Systems—Anticoagulants, Antiplatelet and Thrombolytic Therapy

Case Study: Vasodilators

Approx 30 min

You are rotating as a nursing student through the cardiac intensive care unit. To help you prepare for the rotation, your instructor has assigned each of you a different classification of medications. You were given the vasodilators to review and present to your class. Your instructor asks the following questions:

Question 1

What are the therapeutic uses for vasodilators?

Question 2

What is postural hypotension, and what are the symptoms?

Question 3

What is reflex tachycardia, and how can it be prevented?