Exam 37: Nursing Management: Inflammatory and Structural Heart Disorders

The nurse is caring for a 78-year-old patient with aortic stenosis.Which assessment data obtained by the nurse would be most important to report to the health care provider?

The nurse identifies the nursing diagnosis of decreased cardiac output related to valvular insufficiency for the patient with infective endocarditis (IE)based on which assessment finding(s)?

Which statement by a patient with restrictive cardiomyopathy indicates that the nurse's discharge teaching about self-management has been most effective?

Which action could the nurse delegate to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)trained as electrocardiogram (ECG)technicians working on the cardiac unit?

Which assessment finding obtained by the nurse when assessing a patient with acute pericarditis should be reported immediately to the health care provider?

The nurse is obtaining a health history from a 24-year-old patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC).Which information obtained by the nurse is most important?

To assess the patient with pericarditis for evidence of a pericardial friction rub,the nurse should

During the assessment of a 25-year-old patient with infective endocarditis (IE),the nurse would expect to find

The nurse is assessing a patient with myocarditis before administering the scheduled dose of digoxin (Lanoxin).Which finding is most important for the nurse to communicate to the health care provider?

Which admission order written by the health care provider for a patient admitted with infective endocarditis (IE)and a fever would be a priority for the nurse to implement?

A patient is admitted to the hospital with possible acute pericarditis.The nurse should plan to teach the patient about the purpose of

The nurse establishes the nursing diagnosis of ineffective health maintenance related to lack of knowledge regarding long-term management of rheumatic fever when a 30-year-old recovering from rheumatic fever without carditis says which of the following?

The nurse is caring for a 64-year-old patient admitted with mitral valve regurgitation.Which information obtained by the nurse when assessing the patient should be communicated to the health care provider immediately?

After receiving the following information about four patients during change-of-shift report,which patient should the nurse assess first?

The nurse has identified a nursing diagnosis of acute pain related to inflammatory process for a patient with acute pericarditis.The priority intervention by the nurse for this problem is to

When planning care for a patient hospitalized with a streptococcal infective endocarditis (IE),which intervention is a priority for the nurse to include?

A patient with rheumatic fever has subcutaneous nodules,erythema marginatum,and polyarthritis.Based on these findings,which nursing diagnosis would be most appropriate?

During discharge teaching with a 68-year-old patient who had a mitral valve replacement with a mechanical valve,the nurse instructs the patient on the

Two days after an acute myocardial infarction (MI),a patient complains of stabbing chest pain that increases with a deep breath.Which action will the nurse take first?

The nurse is admitting a patient with possible rheumatic fever.Which question on the admission health history will be most pertinent to ask?