Exam 21: Cardiovascular System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures

The nurse is collecting data from a patient with hypertension.Which modifiable cardiovascular risk factor should the nurse identify for care planning?

A patient is diagnosed with epicarditis.What should the nurse recall regarding the purpose of the epicardium when caring for this patient?

The nurse is attempting to detect a pericardial friction rub on a patient.Which actions will help the nurse in gathering this data during auscultation? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is preparing to measure a patient for orthostatic hypotension.Which action should the nurse take to obtain this information? (Select all that apply.)

A patient will be wearing a Holter monitor for 2 days.What should the nurse instruct the patient about bathing while wearing the monitor?

The nurse is caring for a patient recovering from a cardiac catheterization with a right femoral artery entry site.Which action should the nurse take?

A patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus arrives for cardiac surgery.During the assessment,the nurse learns the patient self-administered the usual insulin dose.Which action should the nurse take?

A patient is being instructed about a Holter monitor.Which statement indicates that the patient knows what to do a symptom occurs while wearing a Holter monitor?

The nurse is preparing a patient for an angiogram.What should be included in data collection for this patient?

The nurse is explaining the regulation of blood pressure to a patient newly diagnosed with hypertension.What tissues within the artery wall that helps maintain diastolic blood pressure should the nurse identify for the patient?

A patient has a stroke volume of 75 mL and a heart rate of 88.What should the nurse calculate this patient's cardiac output to be?

The nurse is providing care for a patient whose right atrial pressure (RAP)is 12 mm Hg.Which action should the nurse take?

The nurse is caring for a patient whose troponin I level is elevated.Which nursing action would be appropriate?

The nurse is reviewing the anatomy and physiology of the cardiac system with a patient scheduled for pacemaker insertion.Which chamber of the heart should the nurse instruct has the greatest workload and usually fails first as a result?

The nurse reviews the cardiac catheterization procedure with a patient scheduled for the test in 2 hours.Which patient statement indicates that teaching has been effective?

The nurse is caring for a patient recovering from a cardiac catheterization.Which action should the nurse take?

The nurse is reinforcing teaching provided to a patient with a high serum cholesterol level,low HDLs and high LDLs.What should the nurse include?

The nurse is caring for a patient who had a cardiac catheterization using the left femoral site for entry.Which data is most important for the nurse to monitor?

The nurse is caring for a patient recovering from a cardiac catheterization.Which actions for site care should the nurse take?

Upon auscultating a patient's heart sounds,the nurse is concerned that a pericardial friction rub is present.Which health problem should the nurse suspect is possibly occurring in this patient?