CAD & MI
This type of chest pain is predictable, occurs with exertion, and is relieved by rest or nitroglycerin.
What is Chronic Stable Angina?
This peptide is released by the ventricles when a patient is in fluid overload due to heart failure.
What is B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP)?
This classic symptom of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) involves muscle pain or cramping during exercise that is relieved by rest.
What is intermittent claudication?
This is the primary clinical difference between gestational hypertension and preeclampsia.
What is the presence of proteinuria in preeclampsia?
This medication is used to increase the heart rate in a patient with symptomatic sinus bradycardia.
What is atropine sulfate?
These atypical clinical manifestations of MI are more commonly seen in women and older adults.
What are fatigue, shortness of breath, or altered mental status?
Clinical manifestations of this specific condition include atypical chest pain, dizziness, and a systolic click.
What is Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP)?
This stage of hypertension is defined by a systolic blood pressure of at least 140 mm Hg or a diastolic blood pressure of at least 90 mm Hg.
What is Stage 2 Hypertension?
This syndrome is a medical emergency in pregnancy characterized by hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets.
What is HELLP syndrome?
Patients taking statins must be monitored for these two specific adverse effects that require discontinuation of the drug.
What are muscle myopathies (cramping) and elevated liver enzymes?
This is the priority nursing intervention for managing nitrate resistent pain in a client currently experiencing an MI
What is administering morphine?
In right-sided heart failure, fluid backs up into the venous system, resulting in these two clinical findings.
What are neck vein distention and peripheral edema?
To promote venous return in a patient with venous insufficiency, the nurse should instruct them to do this several times a day.
What is elevate the legs above the level of the heart?
This is the priority nursing intervention if a client with preeclampsia begins to have a seizure (eclampsia).
What is staying with the client and calling for help while ensuring an open airway?
This cardiac rhythm is characterized by multiple rapid impulses from many foci, causing the atria to quiver at a rate of 350 to 600 times per minute.
What is Atrial Fibrillation (Afib)?
This surgical procedure involves using a patient's own venous or arterial vessels to bypass occluded coronary arteries
What is a Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)?
Patients with mechanical heart valves must be taught that they will require this for the rest of their lives.
What is lifelong anticoagulant therapy?
This is a priority nursing action following an arterial thrombectomy to monitor for complications.
What is observing the extremity for color, temperature, and pulse every hour?
This medication is used as an antidote for magnesium sulfate toxicity.
What is calcium gluconate?
To decrease the common adverse effect of flushing when taking niacin, patients may be prescribed this 30 minutes prior to the dose.
What is aspirin or an NSAID?
This complication of MI is characterized by the combination of pericarditis, pericardial effusion, and pleural effusion
What is Dressler’s syndrome
This life-threatening condition involves compression of the myocardium by fluid accumulation, causing muffled heart sounds and narrowed pulse pressure.
What is cardiac tamponade?
in a hypertensive crisis, the nurse must maintain this specific bed position for the patient.
What is elevating the head of the bed to 45 degrees?
A nurse assessing a pregnant client on magnesium sulfate should suspect toxicity if this assessment finding is noted.
What are absent deep tendon reflexes (DTRs), respiratory rate <12, or urine output <30 mL/hr?
Before administering digoxin, the nurse must check this and hold the medication if it is less than 60.
What is the apical pulse?