Exam 33: Nursing Management: Inflammatory and Structural Heart Disorders

The nurse is obtaining a health history from a 24-year-old patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC).Which information obtained by the nurse is most important?

While caring for a 23-year-old patient with mitral valve prolapse (MVP)without valvular regurgitation,the nurse determines that discharge teaching has been effective when the patient states that it will be necessary to

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

Which action by the nurse will determine if the therapies ordered for a patient with chronic constrictive pericarditis are effective?

The nurse establishes the nursing diagnosis of ineffective health maintenance related to lack of knowledge regarding long-term management of rheumatic fever when a 30-year-old recovering from rheumatic fever without carditis says which of the following?

The nurse will plan discharge teaching about the need for prophylactic antibiotics when having dental procedures for which patient?

Which assessment finding obtained by the nurse when assessing a patient with acute pericarditis should be reported immediately to the health care provider?

A 21-year-old woman is scheduled for percutaneous transluminal balloon valvuloplasty to treat mitral stenosis.Which information should the nurse include when explaining the advantages of valvuloplasty over valve replacement to the patient?

A patient with rheumatic fever has subcutaneous nodules,erythema marginatum,and polyarthritis.Based on these findings,which nursing diagnosis would be most appropriate?

The nurse obtains a health history from a 65-year-old patient with a prosthetic mitral valve who has symptoms of infective endocarditis (IE).Which question by the nurse is most appropriate?

A patient admitted with acute dyspnea is newly diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy.Which information will the nurse plan to teach the patient about managing this disorder?

To assess the patient with pericarditis for evidence of a pericardial friction rub,the nurse should

A patient recovering from heart surgery develops pericarditis and complains of level 6 (0 to 10 scale)chest pain with deep breathing.Which ordered PRN medication will be the most appropriate for the nurse to give?

The nurse is caring for a 78-year-old patient with aortic stenosis.Which assessment data obtained by the nurse would be most important to report to the health care provider?

When caring for a patient with mitral valve stenosis,it is most important that the nurse assess for

The nurse identifies the nursing diagnosis of decreased cardiac output related to valvular insufficiency for the patient with infective endocarditis (IE)based on which assessment finding(s)?

After receiving report on the following patients,which patient should the nurse assess first?

Which action could the nurse delegate to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)trained as electrocardiogram (ECG)technicians working on the cardiac unit?

The nurse is caring for a 64-year-old patient admitted with mitral valve regurgitation.Which information obtained by the nurse when assessing the patient should be communicated to the health care provider immediately?

A patient is admitted to the hospital with possible acute pericarditis.The nurse should plan to teach the patient about the purpose of