Pathology
This type of heart failure results from a backup of blood into the right atrium and venous systemic circulation.
What is right-sided heart failure?
This classification of medications inhibits the sympathetic nervous stimulation of the heart resulting in a reduction of heart rate, contractility, and afterload.
What are beta blockers?
When caring for a client with ADHF, this diuretic should be administered.
What is furosemide?
The nurse should use this number scale to assess the severity of pain.
What is 0 - 10?
Whan a client is experiencing angina, this is how often nitro can be administered.
What is every 5 minutes x 3?
This is the inability of the ventricles to relax and fill during diastole. It is also known as diastolic heart failure.
What is heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)?
The "-flozins" belong to this drug classification.
What are SGLT2 inhibitors?
When caring for a client with ADHF, the diuretic should be delivered via this route.
What is IV (intermittent or continuous)?
This is the T in the PQRST pain assessment.
What is timing?
The nurse should assess for this following the administration of SL nitroglycerin.
What is headache, dizziness, or hypotension?
This is normal ejection fraction of the heart?
What is 55-70%?
This prevents the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II.
What is an ACEi?
When administering loop diuretics, the nurse should assess this electrolyte.
What is potassium?
Anginal pain may radiate to this area.
(answer with at least one) What is neck, arms, or jaw?
This medication functions as an analgesic and sedative and acts as a vasodilator to reduce preload and myocardial oxygen consumption.
What is morphine?
This, the most common form of initial heart failure, causes blood to back up through the left atrium and into the pulmonary veins.
What is left-sided heart failure?
This is what MRA stands for.
What is mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist?
What is the loop of Henle?
What are CK and troponin?
This medication inhibits platelet aggregation.
What is clopidogrel (Plavix)?
Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction is also known as this.
What is systolic heart failure?
During the management of heart failure, this drug therapy should be substituted for an ACEi or ARB.
What is an ARNI?
The nurse should assess this lab when determining furosemide titration.
What is eGFR?
This is an example of a cardiovascular etiology of chest pain? (choose 1 other than angina)
(answer with at least one)
What is myocardial infarction, dysrhythmia, pericarditis, aortic aneurysm, or aortic valve disease?
The nurse should monitor for signs of this after administering heparins or fibrinolytic therapy.
What is bleeding?