Exam 26: Heart Failure

What response should the nurse give when a patient with heart failure asks what the physician meant by saying his left ventricular assist device (LVAD) was destination therapy?

Which information should the nurse include in a teaching care plan for a patient with systolic heart failure?

When caring for a patient who has advanced from stage C to stage D of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) heart failure classification system, the nurse instructs the patient and family that this stage includes the addition of:

Which of the following medications would the nurse anticipate administering to a patient with systolic heart failure to reduce fluid volume and relieve congestion?

Which statement by a patient with chronic heart failure indicates to the nurse that more teaching is needed?

When assessing a patient, which finding by the nurse would support a diagnosis of left-sided heart failure?

When assessing a patient with heart failure affecting only the left ventricle, the nurse would expect which of the following conditions?

Which of the following is the best response given to a patient by the nurse when a patient with heart failure asks for an explanation of his ejection fraction?

Which statement made by a patient with a biventricular pacemaker indicates that more teaching is needed?

To effectively care for patients with heart disease, the staff development nurse is teaching new nurses hired for the intensive care unit about the Frank-Starling law. Which concept will the instructor teach?

When planning care for a patient with heart failure, which concept should the nurse keep in mind?

When caring for a patient with heart failure, which concept about cardiac output should the nurse keep in mind?

Which manifestation does the nurse expect a patient to exhibit in high-output heart failure?

When assessing the patient with high-output heart failure, the nurse is most likely to find:

A patient with heart failure reports some shortness of breathing with activity, such as cleaning the house or grocery shopping, but no shortness of breath at rest. According to the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) staging, the nurse would classify this patient as:

Which finding would the nurse expect when assessing a patient with diastolic heart failure?

Which first-line medication would the nurse anticipate being in the plan of care for a patient with systolic heart failure to reduce vasoconstriction and afterload?

A patient with heart failure reports some shortness of breathing with activity, such as cleaning the house or grocery shopping, but no shortness of breath at rest. According to the New York Heart Association staging system, the nurse would classify this patient as:

Which action would the intensive care nurse take to measure the preload of a patient with heart failure?

Which data in a patient undergoing pulmonary heart catheterization confirms a diagnosis of systolic heart failure?