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A patient with IE should have prophylactic antibiotics before this routine visit.
What is dental visit.
A patient with rheumatic fever reports that joint discomfort prevents their favorite activities. What nursing diagnosis would you choose?
What is activity intolerance.
Your patient is taking warfarin. What would you teach them in regards to monitoring the effectiveness.
What is they will need frequent blood monitoring.
A patient begins to have leg cramps while walking. They go away when the patient stops walking. This is the focused assessment would you do?
What is palpate peripheral pulses.
You would apply graduated compression stockings to a patient with this type of wound on their lower leg.
What is a venous stasis ulcer.
You are completing discharge planning for a patient with IE. They will need this medical device to continue therapy at home.
What is a long term IV placement.
What is seek treatment for streptococcal pharyngitis.
Embolized vegetations from the tricuspid valve would cause this manifestation.
What is shortness of breath.
A patient with is condition should exercise indoors during the winter months.
What is Raynaud's phenomenon.
This is what you would closely monitor in a post op endovascular AAA repair patient.
What is I&O.
This is where you would listen for a pericardial friction rub.
Where is the left sternal boarder.
This would be the most concerning factor in a patient with mitral valve stenosis.
What is shortness of breath on excretion.
This risk factor would need to be modified for a patient who has a 5 cm AAA.
What is hypertension.
Your patient is receiving IV heparin. What route of medication administration would you avoid?
What is injection.
This condition is usually diagnosed along with or after a diagnosis of Raynaud's phenomenon.
What is coronary artery disease.
This is a common risk factor for rheumatic fever.
What is a recent sore throat.
This is needed post op for patients who have mechanical valve replacements.
What is lifelong anticoagulant therapy.
A patient with a 6 cm thoracic aortic aneurysm can have this symptom.
What is difficulty swallowing.
When transitioning a patient from heparin to warfarin what teaching would you complete?
What is warfarin takes several days to become therapeutic, so they will receive both medications until the warfarin become therapeutic.
A patient states my legs cramp when I walk more than one block. This represents what diagnosis.
What is intermittent claudication.
This is how you would assess for pulsus paradoxus.
What is listen for Korotkoff sounds during inspiration an expiration.
Your patient has chest pain due to decreases coronary blood flow. This is the intervention that you would plan.
What is rest to decrease myocardial oxygen demand.
This group of drugs is used to treat patients with peripheral artery disease.
What is statins.
You would teach your post sclerotherapy patient this before discharge.
What is to wear compression stockings.
In a patient admitted with a VTE, this would be the most concerning assessment finding.
What is new onset shortness of breath.