IV sodium nitroprusside (Nipride) is ordered for a patient with acute pulmonary edema.During the first hours of administration,the nurse will need to titrate the nitroprusside rate if the patient develops
A) ventricular ectopy.
B) a dry, hacking cough.
C) a systolic BP <90 mm Hg.
D) a heart rate <50 beats/minute.
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