Exam 56: Management of Clients with Functional Cardiac Disorders

When the a client with left ventricular heart failure complains that she has to get up several times during the night to urinate, the nurse would explain that this bothersome event is

A client with heart failure has been prescribed an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. The nurse would explain that this drug alleviates manifestations of heart failure by

A client is being discharge after successful CABG surgery. Despite the positive prognosis, the nurse cautions the client and family that

A nurse is speaking to a group of high school girls about not smoking. The nurse would caution them that the risk of CHD in women who smoke is greater than that for nonsmoking women by

A client is scheduled to have a PTCA. The nurse brings the consent forms and the client questions why he/she has to sign a consent form for possible coronary artery bypass grafting too. The nurse's response should be based on understanding that (Select all that apply)

When the client who had a myocardial infarction develops dependent edema, the nurse would assess that this could be an early manifestation of

Reporting that a client's total cholesterol reading is 230, the nurse would know this result indicates a reading that is

When auscultating the respirations of a client in left ventricular heart failure, the nurse would most likely detect