Exam 28: Nursing Assessment: Cardiovascular System

When the nurse is monitoring a patient who is undergoing exercise (stress)testing on a treadmill,which assessment finding requires the most rapid action by the nurse?

When auscultating over the patient's abdominal aorta,the nurse hears a humming sound.The nurse documents this finding as a

During a physical examination of a 74-year-old patient,the nurse palpates the point of maximal impulse (PMI)in the sixth intercostal space lateral to the left midclavicular line.The most appropriate action for the nurse to take next will be to

When admitting a patient for a cardiac catheterization and coronary angiogram,which information about the patient is most important for the nurse to communicate to the health care provider?