A nurse providing care for a woman with preterm labor on terbutaline includes which intervention to identify side effects of the drug?

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Terbutaline is a beta₂-adrenergic agonist that affects the mother's cardiopulmonary and metabolic systems.Signs of cardiopulmonary decompensation include adventitious breath sounds and dyspnea.Assessing DTRs does not address the possible respiratory side effects of using terbutaline.It is important for the nurse to perform this assessment if the woman is on magnesium sulfate.Terbutaline is a beta₂-adrenergic agonist that affects the mother's cardiopulmonary and metabolic systems.Beta₂-adrenergic agonist drugs cause tachycardia,not bradycardia.Terbutaline is a beta₂-adrenergic agonist that affects the mother's cardiopulmonary and metabolic systems.The metabolic effect leads to hyperglycemia,not hypoglycemia.

A Nurse Providing Care for a Woman with Preterm Labor