Which laboratory test result will the nurse review to determine the effects of therapy for a patient being treated for heart failure?

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

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For each potential provider's prescription, click to specify if the prescription is essential (high priority) non-essential (low priority) or contraindicated(unrelated) for the client.

A patient was admitted for terminal heart failure and is now eligible for a transplant. The family wants everything possible done to maintain life. Which procedure might be offered to the patient for this condition to increase the patient's quality of life?

The nurse is caring for a patient with a left radial arterial line and a pulmonary artery catheter inserted into the right subclavian vein. Which action by the nurse best ensures the safety of the patient being monitored with invasive hemodynamic monitoring lines?

A patient who has been in the intensive care unit for 4 days has disturbed sensory perception from sleep deprivation. Which action should the nurse include in the plan of care?

The patient is admitted with a suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In assessing the 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) changes, which findings would indicate to the nurse that the patient is in the process of a myocardial infarction (MI)?

A nurse enters a client's room and finds the client pulseless. The family has requested a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order from the provider, but he has not written the order yet. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a client in the emergency department (ED).

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The nurse is planning care for the client. For each potential prescription, indicate whether it is an anticipated (high priority), nonessential (low priority), contraindicated(unrelated).

Select one or more in each option.

A nurse is caring for a client who develops a ventricular fibrillation rhythm. The client is unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. Which of the following actions is the nurse's priority?

Which of the following describes a situation in which the blood pressure is severely elevated and there is evidence of actual target organ damage?

A nurse is performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for an adult client who is unresponsive. The nurse should evaluate the client's circulation by palpating which of the following pulses?