A nurse is providing care for a patient who has weak pedal pulses, no hair on both legs, and a full-thickness wound on the right lateral malleolus with defined margins, which includes a small amount of serous exudate.

Which intervention should not be performed?

In the context of interprofessional care of the client and family, where should a nurse position the stethoscope on the chest to assess a client’s apical heart rate?

While conducting an admission assessment, the nurse observes clubbing of the patient’s fingers. Based on this finding, the nurse should he patient about which disease process?

A client is admitted to the telemetry unit due to an episode of substernal chest pain.

Diagnostic tests reveal an elevated ST segment on the electrocardiogram (ECG) and an increased cardiac troponin level.

What would be an appropriate initial nursing intervention?

A client exhibits tachycardia, severe dyspnea, diaphoresis, crackles, and profuse, frothy pink sputum. What position should the nurse place the client in?

A 56-year-old individual visits his primary care provider for a routine checkup.The physical examination reveals edema, an enlarged liver (hepatomegaly), and muffled heart sounds.

Which of the following findings should the nurse be most concerned about?

When teaching clients in a community-based setting strategies for preventing cardiovascular disease, which interventions should the nurse include?

A nurse performs Homans maneuver by flexing the knee and sharply dorsiflexing the foot. What response indicates a positive Homans sign?

Which of the following conditions are potential causes of secondary hypertension? (Select all that apply)

What patient data would indicate to the nurse that the infusion of a thrombolytic agent should be stopped in a patient with an acute myocardial infarction?

In the context of a 65-year-old male patient diagnosed with chronic pulmonary disease and elevated pulmonary vascular resistance, which type of heart failure should the nurse assess for in this patient?