A patient has a new diagnosis of hypertension with a new prescription for a Beta Blocker.

Which medication would you expect to be prescribed?

The nurse reminds the male patient with lactose intolerance that he can avoid the unpleasant symptoms of nausea, bloating, flatulence, and diarrhea if he will avoid certain foods. What product should the patient be instructed to avoid?

The nurse is taking care of a patient who is newly diagnosed with heart disease. The patient is asking questions about how blood flows through the heart.

The nurse responds, when the left ventricle contracts, it pushes blood through a valve to the:

The nurse is educating a patient on a vegan diet.

What supplement will the nurse encourage this patient to take to avoid a deficiency?

A nurse is educating a patient with a newly placed pacemaker about a variety of complementary and alternative therapies.

What type of therapy is contraindicated in patients with pacemakers?

A nurse is teaching a client about fat-soluble vitamins.

Which vitamins are considered fat-soluble? Select all that apply.

An older adult patient tells the home health nurse, "My health care provider hasn't helped my arthritis at all.

I am using the chiropractor now.”. What change has the patient made?

A nurse is planning to perform an electrocardiogram (ECG) for a client who has a history of coronary heart disease.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take? (Select all that apply.).

A nurse is preparing to administer oral medications to a client. Which of the following should the nurse recognize as acceptable client identifiers?

The nurse is educating a patient with phlebitis of the left leg.

What alternative therapy should this patient avoid until the condition is resolved?

A patient calls in to the emergency room and tells the nurse they are having chest pain. They are instructed to sit down and rest.

Their chest pain starts to go away with rest.

The nurse suspects which disorder?