The Nurse Is Teaching a Patient About Self-Monitoring While Taking

The nurse is teaching a patient about self-monitoring while taking a β-blocker at home.The nurse should teach the patient to take his apical pulse daily for 1 minute;if the pulse rate decreases to less than 60 beats per minute,the nurse instructs the patient to do which of the following?

A) Contact his physician for instructions
B) Reduce the dose of his β-blocker by half
C) Continue the medication because this is an expected effect
D) Skip the medication dose that day and check his pulse again the next day