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

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

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

A patient with a history of coronary artery disease experiences chest pain while walking. After taking sublingual nitroglycerin, the patient’s chest pain increases, and they experience clammy skin and blurry vision.

They call 911 and you are the nurse attending to them in the emergency department. What is the most important nursing intervention to do first?

A 35-year-old patient presents with pulmonary hypertension and is diagnosed with right heart failure. What is the most likely cause of this condition?

In the context of Interprofessional Care of the Client and Family Across the Lifespan, a nurse is planning discharge teaching for a patient with chronic heart failure who has been prescribed digoxin (Lanoxin) and hydrochlorothiazide.

What instruction should the nurse include in the teaching?

What is the primary therapeutic goal for secondary hypertension?

Upon receiving a change-of-shift report about four patients in a heart failure unit, which patient should the nurse prioritize for assessment?

After receiving a change-of-shift report, which patient admitted to the emergency department should the nurse assess first?

A nurse is caring for a patient who has undergone an angiogram.

What should the nurse prioritize in assessing and documenting for this patient?

A patient with severe pericarditis has developed a large pericardial effusion and is symptomatic. What type of procedure should the physician order to help treat this condition?