A nurse is preparing to administer warfarin to a client with a mechanical valve replacement. The client's INR is 2.7. Which action should the nurse implement?

The nurse is caring for a client on a telemetry unit. The client's cardiac monitor exhibits the rhythm below. How should the nurse document this rhythm?

Amlodipine (Norvasc) has been ordered for a client with newly diagnosed Prinzmetal's (variant) angina. The nurse knows the purpose of the amlodipine is to do which of the following?

The nurse is caring for a client who is terminally ill and is being transferred to hospice at home. What would the nurse identify as the primary factor in planning the client's care in the home?

The nurse is assessing a client with a head injury Which finding would indicate that the client is developing diabetes insipidus?

The nurse obtains a health history from a patient with a prosthetic mitral value. Which question by the nurse would help to identify a risk factor for infectious endocarditis

A nurse caring for a client who had a right-sided stroke and is exhibiting homonymous hernianopsia when eating. Which action should the nurse take?

A client has undergone a right femoral cardiac catheterization. What nursing action is the priority following the procedure?

The nurse is caring for a client who has just had a pacemaker inserted. Which action should the nurse include in the initial plan of care?

A 55-year-old client who is diagnosed with an evolving myocardial infarction (MI) insists on going home. The nurse encourages the client to be admitted because he knows that within the first 24 hours of a MI, there is a high risk for which of the following?

The charge nurse is teaching a group of telemetry nurses about cardioversion. Which statement by the telemetry nurse would indicate that they understand the instruction about the electrical discharge?