Exam 39: Nursing Management Inflammatory and Structural Heart Disorders

The nurse is assessing a client who has mitral valve regurgitation. Which of the following findings should be communicated to the health care provider immediately?

The nurse has identified a nursing diagnosis of acute pain related to inflammatory process for a client with acute pericarditis. Which of the following actions is best for the nurse to implement?

Which of the following actions should the community health nurse include when planning ways to decrease the incidence of rheumatic fever?

The nurse is caring for a client who is scheduled for percutaneous transluminal balloon valvuloplasty to treat mitral stenosis. When explaining the advantage of valvuloplasty instead of valve replacement to the client, which of the following informationshould the nurse include?

Which of the following techniques should the nurse use to assess the client with pericarditis for the presence of a pericardial friction rub?

The nurse identifies the nursing diagnosis of decreased cardiac output related to valvular insufficiency for the client with infective endocarditis (IE). Which of the following findings support this diagnosis?

The nurse is taking a health history from a 24-year-old client with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC). Which of the following information obtained by the nurse is most relevant?

The nurse is caring for a client with aortic stenosis and establishes a nursing diagnosis of acute pain related to decreased coronary blood flow. Which of the following interventions is best?

The nurse is admitting a client with possible acute pericarditis. Which of the following diagnostic assessments should the nurse plan to teach the client about?

The nurse establishes the nursing diagnosis of ineffective health maintenance related to lack of knowledge concerning long-term management of rheumatic fever when a client who is recovering from rheumatic fever says which of the following statements?

The nurse is conducting postoperative teaching with a client who had a mitral valve replacement with a mechanical valve. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching plan?

The nurse is obtaining a health history from a client with a prosthetic mitral valve who has symptoms of infective endocarditis (IE). Which of the following questions by the nurse is best?

The nurse is assessing a client with mitral valve stenosis and hypoxemia. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect to assess?

Which of the following findings in a client with infective endocarditis (IE) is most important for the nurse to communicate to the health care provider?

The nurse is conducting an admission health history with a client with possible rheumatic fever. Which of the following questions is most pertinent to ask?

Which of the following assessment information obtained by the nurse for a client with aortic stenosis is most important to report to the health care provider?

Which of the following prescriptions written by the health care provider for a client admitted with infective endocarditis (IE) and a fever should the nurse implement first?

The nurse is caring for a client with acute dyspnea and is diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. Which of the following information should the nurse include when teaching the client about management of this disorder?

The nurse is planning care for a client hospitalized with a streptococcal infective endocarditis (IE). Which of the following interventions should the nurse include?

Cardiac tamponade is suspected in a client who has acute pericarditis. Which of the following actions should the nurse implement to assess for the presence of pulsus paradoxus?