Exam 54: Assessment of the Cardiac System

The nurse establishing teaching priorities for a community health program would rank cardiovascular disease as a cause of death as

A nurse understands that the basic premise of an ECG is that it shows

In developing a standard teaching plan for the outpatient unit where stress testing is performed, the nurse would include information that the

In evaluating a client's ECG tracing, the nurse notes three small squares between the upstroke and downstroke of the QRS wave. The nurse would record the QRS interval as

The finding during a routine assessment that would most strongly suggest to the nurse the presence of serious heart or lung disease is

A nurse explains the purpose of echocardiography to a client as

The nurse evaluating the head and neck of a client would assess the carotid arteries by

Women with heart disease often present with which symptom? (Select all that apply.)

A client has an elevated level of C-reactive protein. The nurse explains the significance of this finding as

The nurse auscultating heart sounds would recognize that the normal closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves creates the

Important information the nurse should collect when a client complains of chest pain includes (Select all that apply)

The nurse planning a secondary prevention program for risk reduction would focus on clients who

The nurse would explain to a client who reports being frequently short of breath that the most common form of dyspnea associated with cardiac disorders is

The nurse would explain to a client that an electrical representation of the cardiac cycle shows that a normal PR interval is between 0.12 second and

The nurse would explain to a client that the isoenzyme most useful in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction is

The nurse is attempting to identify the timing of a murmur detected in a client. The additional activity necessary to make this assessment would be

During the physical examination of a client, the nurse checks the client for neck vein distention. To perform this assessment properly, the client should be positioned

The nurse would explain to a client that the benefit of a Holter monitor over an ECG is that the Holter monitor

A client who had a myocardial infarction has an elevated blood glucose level and is getting insulin. The client asks why this is occurring because the client does not have diabetes. The best answer by the nurse is

The nurse performing an admission assessment of a 36-year-old client with cardiac valve disease would know the most relevant fact is that the client has