Assignment 1:
Your teaching a 67-year-old patient who has a new diagnosis of mild CHF. They are being
started on Digoxin 0.25 mg and Lasix 20 mg each once a day by mouth.
1. Thoroughly explain, but using layman’s terms, the physiologic changes that occur in a
patient with Congestive Heart Failure
2. Generally, explain how Digoxin and Lasix works related to reduction of CHF symptoms,
3. List essential cautions for both drugs.
