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The nurse is reviewing the lab results on a male client who is at risk for peripheral artery arterial disease atherosclerosis. The nurse should identify that which of the following lab values place them at risk?

LDL level

This type of heart disease is characterized by shortness of breath, crackles, orthopnea, blood-tinged sputum and cyanos.

Left sided heart failure

The nurse identify the luv sound of luv dub of a cardiac cycle of the sound of which value?

AB sound

A nurse is review the laboratory results for a client who has acute leukemia and received chemotherapy. What lab values should you monitor?

WBC, RBC, and platelets count.

You have a client who has a hemoglobin level of 10.8 and creatine of 30%. The nurse should expect the client is at risk for which of the following conditions?

Cellular hypoxia

A nurse is assisting with the care a client who is postoperative following a cardiac catheterization, via the femoral artery. Which of the following action should the nurse take?

Check pulses, in bed for 6hr, bleeding, no flexing.

A nurse is collecting data from a client who has acute MI (myocardial infarction). Which of the following clinical manifestation should the nurse expect to find?

Diaphoresis, tachycardia, and nausea.

A nurse is collecting date on a client who has anemia due to blood loss during surgery. The nurse should expect which of the following findings?

Dyspnea on exertion

A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing hemophilia, and developed DVT on the left knee. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Elevate the knee

A nurse is assisting with the care of a patient who is at risk for DIC. Which of the following lab value should the nurse be concerned about?

Fibrinogen

This substance is necessary to prevent urethritis and birth defects?

Folic acid

Following the admission a client with vascular occlusion of the right lower extremity calls the nurse and reports difficulty of sleeping because of cold feet. Which of the following actions should the nurse do?

Give the patient socks

A nurse is giving a presentation to a community group about preventing atherosclerosis. Which of the following the nurse include as modifiable risk?

High cholesterol, obesity, smoking hypertension

Basophils release what in the body?

Histamine

A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a child who has sickle cell anima. Which of the following actions should the nurse recommend?

IV hydration

A nurse is teaching with a client about preventing deep vein thrombosis.What should the nurse including in this teaching?

Immobility, dehydration, and oral contraceptive

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has hemophilia A. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse include in the teaching?

Joint pain

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is schedule for a cardiac catheterization with angioplasty. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the instructions?

Lie in bed for 6hr

Bleeding precautions are...

No IM injections, no walking around, no razors, no chapped lips, and take stool softener by mouth no dental floss and dont brush teeth hard.

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a female client who has thrombocytopenia. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

No dental floss, brush teeth with a soft tooth brush, no suppository injections.

The nurse is collecting data from a female client who is having a heavy menstrual periods. What should you expect?

Pale mucous membrane.

This type of anemia can be diagnosed with a Schilling test and is characterized by the body's inability to absorb vitamin B12.

Pernicious Anemia

A nurse reviewing laboratory values from a client who has pulmonary embolism and is receiving IV Helprin. Which of the following finding should the nurse report to the provider?

Platelets

autologous transfusion is for who?

Religious people.

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client regarding reducing risk factors for coronary artery disease. Which of the following statement indicate the clients understanding of the teaching?

Stop smocking, monitor weight, and limit fats foods.

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a group of nurses about administering nitro. Which of the following route of administration provide rapid response?

Sublingual

A client who is 7 days postpartum call the providers office and reports pain, swelling, and redness to her left caff. What is she experiencing?

TVD (Deep vein thrombosis), so elevate the bed

A nurse is reinforcing teaching to a client who uses nitroglycerin patch to treat angina. The client now has a new prescription for sublingual tablets, so which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

Take the medication as soon as you feel chest pain.

A nurse is getting ready to give a patient a blood transfusion. Which of the following vital sign should the nurse check?

Temp

What happens when a patient has cancer and red blood cell, white bloods cells, and platelets count drop?

Thrombocytopenia will occur

A nurse is caring for a client who is taking warfarin and has a prothrombin of 30 seconds. Which medication can the nurse anticipate the provider will prescribe?

Vitamin K

A nurse is preparing to administer digoxin to a client who has left sided hearted failure. What are the symptoms the nurse should be aware of?

dyspnea, arrhythmia, and tachycardia.

A nurse is reinforcing teaching to a client who has a new diagnoses of angina. Which of the following instruction about angina pain should the nurse include in the teaching.

exertion and anxiety can trigger the pain

A nurse is assisting with the plan of care fro a client who has leukemia and has a platelet count of 50,000. Which of the following intervention should the client include in the plan of care?

give the patient a stool softener.

A nurse is aware that the symptoms of impending myocardial infarction in women differ in women because?

indigestion

The nurse is reinforcing teaching to a client with a new diagnosis of aplasia anima, what should tell the patient about this diagnosis?

it's in the bone marrow.

If we have an increase of immature neutrophils, or WBC's what is that an indication of?

severe infection/ septicemia