Exam 19: Care of Patients with Cardiac Disorders

The nurse is teaching the patient with an arrhythmia.Which statement indicates that the patient requires further teaching?

The nurse caring for a patient who requires a temporary transvenous pacemaker.Which statement indicates that the patient understands the nurse's teaching?

Which statement accurately explains how calcium channel blocker verapamil assists to correct an arrhythmia?

The nurse is caring for a 60-year-old African American patient with hypertension.The patient is obese and a smoker.Which modifiable risk factors place this patient at an increased risk for heart disease?

The nurse is educating a patient about cardiomyopathy.The nurse includes information that which circumstance(s)may increase risk for cardiomyopathy?

Which factor(s)is/are potential causative agents for arrhythmias?

The nurse is caring for a patient with atrial fibrillation who asks why she needs to take warfarin.Which statement best answers the patient's question?

Which teaching point will the nurse include when providing discharge instructions to the patient with a new permanent pacemaker?

The nurse expresses concern to the 80-year-old resident in a long-term care facility who is attempting to jog on a treadmill.The nurse is aware that the exceptional oxygen and metabolic demands brought on by the exercise might cause ____________.

The nurse is caring for a patient with severe congestive heart failure (CHF)who denies pain and is fearful of taking prescribed morphine.Which explanation best works to alleviate the patient's anxiety about risk of addiction?

The nurse is caring for several patients on a cardiac care unit.Which patient is most likely to have aortic stenosis?

Which disorganized ECG pattern is recognized as the most fatal of all arrhythmias?

The nurse is caring for a patient who is taking digitalis.The patient complains of increased thirst,and the nurse observes dry mucous membranes.Which additional finding warrants the nurse's immediate attention?

The nurse is caring for a patient with congestive heart failure (CHF).Which intervention should the nurse include in the plan of care?

Which potential hazard is most important for a patient with an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD)to avoid?

Which statement(s)accurately describe(s)characteristics of normal sinus rhythm (NSR)?

The nurse is caring for a patient with a heart rate of 115 beats/min and complaints of shortness of breath.The nurse anticipates that these findings are most likely related which underlying problem?

The nurse caring for a patient who is taking amiodarone (Cordarone).What side effect could this patient experience?

The nurse is performing an initial assessment on a new patient with suspected right-sided heart failure.Which finding(s)is/are consistent with the patient's potential diagnosis?

The nurse is analyzing a patient's telemetry strip and observes a sawtooth appearance with no P waves.How should the nurse document this finding?