In preparation for discharge, the nurse teaches a patient with chronic stable angina how to use the prescribed short-acting and long-acting nitrates.

Which patient statement indicates that the teaching has been effective?.

In preparation for discharge, the nurse teaches a patient with chronic stable angina how to use the prescribed short-acting and long-acting nitrates.

Which patient statement indicates that the teaching has been effective?.

Which patient statement indicates that the nurse's teaching about sublingual nitroglycerin (Nitrostat) has been effective?.

A patient with a history of hypertension arrives in the emergency department with a blood pressure (BP) reading of 213/126 mm Hg. The patient has a history of drug abuse.

Which of the following initial questions posed by the nurse is MOST appropriate?.

After receiving a change-of-shift report on four patients, which patient would the nurse assess first?.

After receiving a change-of-shift report about the following four patients on the cardiac care unit, which patient would the nurse assess first?.

Which patient statement would help the nurse confirm the previous diagnosis of chronic stable angina?.

A nurse is caring for an adolescent following a cardiac catheterization.

Which of the following assessment findings should the nurse report to the provider? Select the 4 findings that the nurse should report to the provider.

Which action by the nurse will determine if therapies ordered for a patient with chronic constrictive pericarditis are effective?

The nurse obtains a health history from an older adult with a prosthetic mitral valve who has symptoms of infective endocarditis (IE). Which question by the nurse helps identify a risk factor for IE?.

A nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure.

Nurses' Notes.

Day 1: Vital Signs.

Bilateral breath sounds clear and present throughout.

Weight 80 kg (176 lb). Urine output 480 mL/8 hr. Day 4: Breath sounds scattered, crackles heard bilaterally.

Apical heart rate rapid and irregular.

Audible S3 gallop.

Weight 82.1 kg (181 lb). Urine output 320 mL/8 hr. Vital Signs.

Day 1: Temperature 37.6° C (99.7° F). Blood pressure 108/50 mm Hg. Pulse 98/min.

Respiratory rate 20/min.

Pulse oximetry 95% on room air.

Day 4: Temperature 36.8° C (98.2° F). Blood pressure 138/80 mm Hg. Pulse 112/min.

Respiratory rate 28/min.

Pulse oximetry 88% on room air.

A nurse is reviewing the assessment findings for the client on day 4. Which of the following findings requires further action? (Select all that apply.).