A patient has an acute myocardial infarction.Her electrocardiogram is normal except for a heart rate of 150 beats per minute.Her physician prescribes digoxin in both an initial "digitalizing" dose and a daily maintenance dose so that which of the following will occur?

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The nurse should know about two different types of dosages for patients taking digoxin: the initial digitalizing dose and maintenance doses.More frequent and higher digitalizing doses are given when a patient begins taking digoxin so that a specific level of medication can be reached in the blood.Smaller maintenance doses are given once a day to maintain the blood level.

A Patient Has an Acute Myocardial Infarction