Exam 37: Nursing Management: Inflammatory and Structural Heart Disorders

A patient who has had recent cardiac surgery develops pericarditis and complains of level 6 (0 to 10 scale) chest pain with deep breathing. Which of these ordered PRN medications will be the most appropriate for the nurse to administer?

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

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

A 21-year-old woman is scheduled for percutaneous transluminal balloon valvuloplasty to treat mitral stenosis. When explaining the advantage of valvuloplasty instead of valve replacement to the patient, which information will the nurse include?

While obtaining an admission health history from a patient with possible rheumatic fever, which question will be most pertinent to ask?

Which assessment information obtained by the nurse for a patient with aortic stenosis would be most important to report to the health care provider?

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

Cardiac tamponade is suspected in a patient who has acute pericarditis. To assess for the presence of pulsus paradoxus, the nurse should