Exam 37: Nursing Management: Inflammatory and Structural Heart Disorders

When caring for a patient with infective endocarditis of the tricuspid valve,the nurse should monitor the patient for the development of

The nurse will plan discharge teaching about the need for prophylactic antibiotics when having dental procedures for which patient?

The nurse is caring for a patient with mitral regurgitation.Referring to the figure below,where should the nurse listen to best hear any murmur that the patient has?

The nurse obtains a health history from a 65-year-old patient with a prosthetic mitral valve who has symptoms of infective endocarditis (IE).Which question by the nurse is most appropriate?

Which assessment finding in a patient who is admitted with infective endocarditis (IE)is most important to communicate to the health care provider?

The nurse suspects cardiac tamponade in a patient who has acute pericarditis.To assess for the presence of pulsus paradoxus,the nurse should

While caring for a patient with aortic stenosis,the nurse identifies a nursing diagnosis of acute pain related to decreased coronary blood flow.A priority nursing intervention for this patient would be to

A 21-year-old woman is scheduled for percutaneous transluminal balloon valvuloplasty to treat mitral stenosis.Which information should the nurse include when explaining the advantages of valvuloplasty over valve replacement to the patient?

A patient admitted with acute dyspnea is newly diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy.Which information will the nurse plan to teach the patient about managing this disorder?

After receiving report on the following patients,which patient should the nurse assess first?

While caring for a 23-year-old patient with mitral valve prolapse (MVP)without valvular regurgitation,the nurse determines that discharge teaching has been effective when the patient states that it will be necessary to

A patient recovering from heart surgery develops pericarditis and complains of level 6 (0 to 10 scale)chest pain with deep breathing.Which ordered PRN medication will be the most appropriate for the nurse to give?

When developing a community health program to decrease the incidence of rheumatic fever,which action would be most important for the community health nurse to include?

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

When caring for a patient with mitral valve stenosis,it is most important that the nurse assess for