Exam 53: Management of Clients with Vascular Disorders

When a client scheduled for insertion of a vena cava filter begins to sweat and becomes diaphoretic, the nurse would recognize these clinical manifestations as

A client who is receiving IV heparin has a PTT reported by the lab as 101. Appropriate actions by the nurse include (Select all that apply)

A client is wearing sequential compression devices (SCDs) on the bilateral lower legs. Nursing care for these devices includes

For the first 24 hours after a client's leg amputation, the nurse would place the stump

The nurse would inform a client with a venous ulcer that the client's ulcer will be treated with the traditional protocol of

.Before a client's amputation, the nurse would counsel that the client may experience "phantom sensation" after surgery, which is

The nurse caring for a client with a traumatic arm amputation knows that care will be significantly different from other clients with amputations because

When a client who has been taking warfarin (Coumadin) for 2 years tells the nurse of plans for oral surgery, the nurse would caution the client to

In the exercise teaching plan for a client with chronic arterial occlusive disease, the nurse would caution the client to

The nurse explains to a client started on daily doses of Plavix after femoral bypass surgery that the purpose of this regimen is to

A client is scheduled for a below-the-knee amputation for treatment of chronic infected arterial ulcers and leg pain. The client seems calm, and even happy. The nurse should respond to this client based on understanding that the client

A client is scheduled for discharge to home after repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. As an acceptable activity during the first 6 to 12 weeks after surgery, the nurse would suggest

To prevent skin breakdown of a client's stump, the nurse teaches the client to

The nurse is caring for a client who is taking warfarin sodium (Coumadin) for a history of DVT. Before administering the medication, the nurse should assess the client's

In teaching the preoperative ambulatory surgery client scheduled for vein ligation and stripping, the nurse would include that immediately after surgery, the client will

A client is recovering from a leg amputation and is doing well. However, the nurse still cautions the client to

The nurse working in the emergency department (ED) receives a telephone call from an individual who states a co-worker's finger was amputated and asks what should be done. The nurse would tell the caller to immediately

A female client with Raynaud's disease asks the nurse why she is taking the same calcium channel blocker that her brother-in-law takes for a heart condition. The nurse's response would include information that the calcium channel blocker will relieve some clinical manifestations of Raynaud's disease by

The nurse teaches the client with intermittent claudication that the pain results from

A client is scheduled for computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen because of a suspected abdominal aortic aneurysm. The nurse would assess this client for