Exam 37: Nursing Management Heart Failure

The nurse is teaching the client with heart failure about a 2 g sodium diet. Which of the following foods should the nurse explain to the client that need to be restricted?

The nurse is caring for a client with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Which of the following laboratory values should the nurse expect to assess in the client related to ejection fraction?

After receiving change-of-shift report, which of the following clients admitted with heart failure should the nurse assess first?

During a visit to a client with chronic heart failure, the home care nurse finds that the client has ankle edema, a 2 kg weight gain, and complains of "feeling too tired to do anything." Based on these data, which of the following is the best nursing diagnosisfor the client?

Which of the following clients is less likely to enroll in a cardiac rehabilitation program?

Which topic will the nurse plan to include in discharge teaching for a client with systolic heart failure and an ejection fraction of 38%?

The nurse is providing health-promotion teaching related to heart health and is explaining modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors. Smoking is a modifiable risk factor. After a diagnosis of cardiovascular-related illness, approximately what percentageofclients that were smokers quit?

The nurse is caring for a client with Class III status (NYHA) heart failure and type 2 diabetes and the client asks the nurse whether heart transplant is a possible therapy. Which of the following responses by the nurse is best?

The home health nurse is visiting a client with chronic heart failure who has prescriptions for a diuretic, an ACE-inhibitor, and a low-sodium diet and tells the nurse about a 2.3 kg weight gain in the last 3 days. Which of the following actions shouldthenurse do first?

An outpatient who has heart failure returns to the clinic after 2 weeks of therapy with an ACE inhibitor. Which of these assessment findings is most important for the nurse to report to the health care provider?

Which of the following diagnostic tests will be most useful to the nurse in determining whether a client admitted with acute shortness of breath has heart failure?

The nurse is caring for a client with right-sided heart failure who asks the nurse what caused the heart failure. Which of the following causes is the primary cause of right-sided heart failure?

A client with heart failure has a new order for captopril 12.5 mg PO. After administering the first dose and teaching the client about captopril, which statement by the client indicates that teaching has been effective?

Which assessment finding in a client admitted with chronic heart failure requires the most rapid action by the nurse?

A client with a history of chronic heart failure is admitted to the emergency department (ED) with severe dyspnea and a dry, hacking cough. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

The nurse is caring for a client who is receiving IV furosemide and morphine for the treatment of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) with severe orthopnea. When evaluating the client response to the medications, which of the following is the best indicator that the treatment has been effective?

The nurse is conducting a health history on a client with heart failure. Which of the following conditions in the client's health history is a precipitating cause of heart failure?

The nurse is caring for a client with chronic heart failure. Which of the following conditions is a cause of chronic heart disease?

The nurse is caring for a client in the intensive care unit with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) who has symptoms of severe dyspnea and is anxious, tachypneic, and tachycardic. All these medications have been prescribed for the client. Which ofthe following actions should the nurse implement first?

The nurse working in the heart failure clinic will know that teaching for a client with newly diagnosed heart failure has been effective when the client does which of the following actions?