Heart Failure
This measurement should be recorded every morning to monitor fluid retention.
weight
What is the FIRST intervention for a regular narrow-complex tachycardia?
Vagal maneuvers
A blood pressure reading of 122/70 falls into this classification.
Prehypertension
What is the most effective nonpharmacological method of controlling cholesterol levels?
Exercise/Physical activity
What medication taken for angina must be kept in its original dark glass container, protected from sunlight, and stored away from body heat?
Nitroglycerin
Each small box on an EKG represents what amount of time?
0.04
After placement of a drug-eluting coronary stent, following this prescribed medication regimen is essential to prevent stent thrombosis.
dual antiplatelet therapy
Abnormal ventricular depolarization is most evident in this component of the ECG.
QRS complex
Jugular venous distention, ascites, and bilateral lower-extremity edema are hallmark findings of this condition.
Right sided HF
This dysrhythmia presents with wide QRS complexes, a rate of 160/min, and no visible P waves.
Ventricular tachycardia
This type of hypertension has no single identifiable cause.
Essential HTN
Chest pain that occurs consistently with physical activity and is relieved by rest or nitroglycerin is termed?
Stable angina
What type of medication is contraindicated with elevated liver enzymes and a history of liver disease?
Statin
On an EKG, this waveform reflects SA-node firing and atrial depolarization and is used to calculate the atrial rate.
P wave
After an ICD insertion, what movement must be avoided for at least two weeks?
raising the arm above the head
This change in heart rate occurs with positive chronotropy.
Increased HR
This long-term condition is a primary cause of left-sided heart failure.
Chronic hypertension
A patient becomes unresponsive. The monitor shows chaotic electrical activity without identifiable P waves, QRS complexes, or T waves. What is the priority nursing intervention?
CPR & Defibrillation
Medication nonadherence, high sodium intake, use of NSAIDs, and sleep apnea contribute to what type of hypertension?
Resistant HTN
After femoral cardiac catheterization, this nursing intervention helps prevent bleeding at the access site.
Keep the affected leg straight for several hours
Abruptly discontinuing clonidine can cause this rapid, dangerous rise in blood pressure.
Rebound hypertension
This phase of the cardiac cycle is the mechanical contraction that occurs during depolarization.
systole
Following a pericardial effusion, chest pain, dyspnea, jugular venous distention, hypotension, and muffled heart sounds indicate the need for this emergency procedure.
Pericardiocentesis
This neurologic event is an example of acute target-organ damage during a hypertensive emergency.
Ischemic stroke
In heart failure, compensatory mechanisms activate these sympathetic neurohormones, which increase heart rate and contractility.
Catecholamines
This dysrhythmia produces an irregularly irregular rhythm with no distinct P waves.
Atrial fibrillation
Narrowing of this artery is a potential secondary cause of resistant hypertension.
renal artery stenosis
Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, obesity, increased waist circumference, and elevated fasting glucose suggest this syndrome.
Metabolic syndrome
Bradycardia, nausea, and visual disturbances are classic signs of this medication-related condition.
Digoxin toxicity
Atrial fibrillation with a wide QRS complex and a rapid, irregular ventricular rhythm indicates this pre-excitation
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Thirty-six hours after CABG, an older adult experiences visual hallucinations accompanied by hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia. This postoperative complication is the nurse’s priority concern.
post-op delirium
This is the correct valve sequence for auscultating heart sounds, moving from the base toward the apex.
aortic, pulmonic, tricuspid, mitral
This compensatory system retains sodium and water and contributes to worsening congestion in heart failure.
renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, or RAAS
ST-segment elevation in leads II, III, and aVF indicates the need for this immediate procedure to restore coronary blood flow.
Percutaneous coronary intervetnion (PCI)
These cultural groups may require lower doses of beta-adrenergic blockers because they can metabolize and excrete the medications more slowly.
Arab and Egyptian Americans
Nitroprusside, hydralazine, and minoxidil directly relax vascular smooth muscle, producing vasodilation and decreased peripheral vascular resistance.
direct-acting vasodilators
This medication treats left ventricular heart failure by increasing cardiac contractility and renal perfusion, enhancing urine output.
Dobutamine
Lightheadedness, near-syncope, a heart rate of 32/min, and absent pacemaker spikes indicate this pacemaker malfunction.
Failure to pace
This postresuscitation therapy protects the brain by decreasing cerebral metabolism and oxygen demand.
Induced hypothermia
An arterial blood pressure of 88/70, CVP:8, SBP during inhalation: 112, SBP during exhalation: 124, and JVD 2 hours post-op after a CABG indicate?
Cardiac tamponade