A client arrives in the emergency department with chest pain, but all test results come back negative. The healthcare provider diagnoses the client with angina pectoris and orders additional testing. Which test requires the client to exercise on a treadmill while being monitored for myocardial ischemia?

Client education about Buerger's disease should include what important life style medication?

A client with angina pectoris receives a prescription for nitroglycerin. Which statement shows that the patient understands how to use this medication?

Before giving any medication of cardiac dysrhythmia the LPN knows that the most important assessment that must be completed prior to giving the medication is:

The LPN is caring for a client who was recently prescribed 20 mg of simvastatin by mouth. Which statement should the nurse include in the client's teaching session?

A client is admitted for recurrent peripheral edema. On admission the patient is AAOX3, lungs are clear to auscultations. Heart rate is 88 bmp, regular rate and rhythm. Respiratory rate is 24 breaths per minute. Abdomen is soft non-tender non-distended, last BM was yesterday and was reported by the patient to be soft, normal brown color. Patient has +2 pitting edema of the bilateral hands and bilateral ankles and feet. Blood pressure is 150/82 mmHg. Pulse ox is 88% on 3 liters of oxygen by nasal cannula.
What findings in this assessment require follow-up?

Your client: Chester Payne
Age: 78 years old

Past medical history. History of persistent atrial fibrillation, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and osteoarthrosis.
Yesterday: Client was admitted for a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response (RVR). Later in the day, the client's heart rhythm was converted to normal sinus rhythm using intravenous medication therapy.
0900 today: Client is sitting up in the bedside recliner. Client reports "racing heartbeat" and feeling "like I can't get a good deep breath" Upon auscultation the nurse hears an irregular heart rhythm.
Assessment is as follows:
Neurological: Alert and oriented x 4
Eyes, Ear, Nose, and Throat (EENT): Normocephalic, denies sore throat, denies nasal congestion, denies vision changes. No swelling or drainage visualized.
Pulmonary: Reports some shortness of breath (SOB), no cough. Lungs sound clear in all fields. Cardiovascular: Irregular heart rhythm auscultated. Denies chest pain. Skin is warm and dry to the touch. Capillary refill > 3 seconds. 2+ bilateral lower extremity edema. Peripheral pulse 1+ equal bilaterally. Jugular vein distention (JVD) is noted
Gastrointestinal: Abdomen rounded and firm. Reports slight nausea, bowel sounds hypoactive x 4 quadrants. Reports bowel movement prior to admission.
Genitourinary: Voiding clear yellow urine without issues as per client self-report.
Musculoskeletal: Full range of motion against resistance.

When the nurses reassesses the patient, which finding demonstrates that the intervention was successful?

A client is brought to the emergency department for unrelieved chest pain for 45 minutes. ECG performed by EMS suspects a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). Which of the following interventions is most important?

Which three of the following are common adverse effects of beta-blockers?

During report the LPN is told that the patient has orthopnea due to valvular heart disease. The LPN expects to find the patient:

This picture shows a 6 second rhythm strip of your client's cardiac telemetry. You would document this finding as: