Exam 8: Hemodynamic Monitoring

The nurse is caring for a mechanically ventilated patient being monitored with a left radial arterial line.During the inspiratory phase of ventilation,the nurse assesses a 20 mm Hg decrease in arterial blood pressure.What is the best interpretation of this finding by the nurse?

When performing an initial pulmonary artery occlusion pressure (PAOP),what are the best nursing actions?

While inflating the balloon of a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC)with 1.0 mL of air to obtain a pulmonary artery occlusion pressure (PAOP),the nurse encounters resistance.What is the best nursing action?

The nurse is preparing to measure the thermodilution cardiac output (TdCO)in a patient being monitored with a pulmonary artery catheter.Which action by the nurse best ensures the safety of the patient?

The nurse is caring for a patient following insertion of a left subclavian central venous catheter (CVC).Which assessment finding 2 hours after insertion by the nurse warrants immediate action?

The nurse is caring for a patient with a left radial arterial line and a pulmonary artery catheter inserted into the right subclavian vein.Which action by the nurse best ensures the safety of the patient being monitored with invasive hemodynamic monitoring lines?

The nurse is caring for a 100-kg patient being monitored with a pulmonary artery catheter.The nurse assesses a blood pressure of 90/60 mm Hg,heart rate 110 beats/min,respirations 36/min,oxygen saturation of 89% on 3 L of oxygen via nasal cannula.Bilateral crackles are audible upon auscultation.Which hemodynamic value requires immediate action by the nurse?

The charge nurse is supervising care for a group of patients monitored with a variety of invasive hemodynamic devices.Which patient should the charge nurse evaluate first?

Following insertion of a central venous catheter,the nurse obtains a stat chest x-ray film to verify proper catheter placement.The radiologist reports to the nurse: "The tip of the catheter is located in the superior vena cava." What is the best interpretation of these results by the nurse?

The nurse is preparing for insertion of a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC).During insertion of the catheter,what are the priority nursing actions?

The provider prescribes a pulmonary artery occlusive pressure reading (PAOP)for a patient being monitored with a pulmonary artery catheter.Immediately after obtaining an occlusive pressure,the nurse notes the change in waveform indicated on the strip below.What are the best actions by the nurse? Figure from Geiter H,Jr.: Swan-Ganz Catheters.http://www.nurse411.com.Accessed April 2012.

The nurse is caring for a patient with an arterial monitoring system.The nurse assesses the patient's noninvasive cuff blood pressure to be 70/40 mm Hg.The arterial blood pressure measurement via an intraarterial catheter in the same arm is assessed by the nurse to be 108/70 mm Hg.What is the best action by the nurse?

The provider writes an order to discontinue a patient's left radial arterial line.When discontinuing the patient's invasive line,what is the priority nursing action?

The charge nurse is supervising the care of four critical care patients being monitored using invasive hemodynamic modalities.Which patient should the charge nurse evaluate first?

A patient is admitted to the hospital with multiple trauma and extensive blood loss.The nurse assesses vital signs to be BP 80/50 mm Hg,heart rate 135 beats/min,respirations 36 breaths/min,cardiac output (CO)of 2 L/min,systemic vascular resistance of 3000 dynes/sec/cm^-5,and a hematocrit of 20%.The nurse anticipates administration of which the following therapies or medications?

Upon entering the room of a patient with a right radial arterial line,the nurse assesses the waveform to be slightly dampened and notices blood to be backed up into the pressure tubing.What is the best action by the nurse?

The nurse is caring for a patient with a left subclavian central venous catheter (CVC)and a left radial arterial line.Which assessment finding by the nurse requires immediate action?

The nurse returns from the cardiac catheterization laboratory with a patient following insertion of a pulmonary artery catheter and assists in transferring the patient from the stretcher to the bed.Before obtaining a cardiac output,which action is most important for the nurse to complete?

Which of the following situations may result in a low cardiac output and low cardiac index?

The nurse is caring for a patient following insertion of a left subclavian central venous catheter (CVC).Which action by the nurse best reduces the risk of catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI)?