Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 66%
Simulated
A nurse is providing teaching to a client who is to start furosemide therapy for heart failure. Which of the following statements indicates that the client understands a potential adverse effect of this medication?
Correct answer
B
Rationale
Furosemide, a diuretic, can cause hypokalemia. Including potassium-rich foods like cantaloupe indicates understanding of this risk. Limiting salt helps heart failure but isn't an adverse effect, pulse checking is unrelated, and furosemide lowers, not raises, blood pressure.