cardio review
your patient has myocarditis. what orders would you expect for this patient regarding activities? (up with walker, bed rest, ambulation, etc)
bed rest
you patient is on anticoagulants. what would you expect to happen to their bleeding time?
to increase
which has less salt? hot dog or chicken
chicken
A client needs additional information about her heart condition. The client states to the nurse, “What is considered the pacemaker of the heart?”
The SA node
arteries
away from the heart
hypertension increases your risk for what?
heart disease/stroke
you patient is undergoing a stress test and reports chest pain. As a nurse, what do you do?
stop the test and monitor your patient!
What is the best technique to identify structural changes in the mitral valve?
echocardiogram
The nurse is administering captopril to a client with a diagnosis of heart failure. What type of medication does the nurse inform the client is taking?
ACE inhibitor
your patient is having a cardiac cath. In your discharge teaching, you include symptoms the patient should report. what symptoms should your patient report?
numbness, tingling, pain, bleeding,
The nurse is volunteering at a community blood pressure screening. A client, never diagnosed with hypertension, presents with a blood pressure of 158/90 mm Hg. Which assessment questions, asked by the nurse, are appropriate?
caffeine, smoking, diet
A client has just been diagnosed with prehypertension. What would the nurse instruct this client to do to restore his blood pressure below hypertensive levels?
low salt intake
After 2-hour onset of acute chest pain, the client is brought to the emergency department for evaluation. Elevation of which diagnostic findings would the nurse identify as suggestive of an acute myocardial infarction (MI) at this time?
Myoglobin (the hours is the key here)
you patient eats a high fat diet. is this a modifiable risk factor or a non modifiable risk factor?
your patient is on an alpha blocker for hypertension and reports dizziness. what is some education you could provide to assist this patient?
rise slowly