1128 PrepU Perfusion
A nurse is caring for a client with lower extremity peripheral vascular disease. Which pulse will be the priority assessment for this client?
dorsalis pedis
When the nurse is administering furosemide 20 mg to a client in congestive heart failure, what phase of the nursing process does this represent?
implementation
Which particular area(s) should be examined to assess peripheral edema?
Feet, ankles
The nurse is teaching a newly diagnosed hypertensive client how to take his or her own BP at home. The client asks why it is so important to do this. What is the nurse's best response?
"Monitoring your BP at home will assist in controlling your BP, thereby decreasing your risk for heart attack and stroke."
The nurse needs to administer enoxaparin 40 mg subcutaneously daily prophylactically for deep vein thrombosis in a client who had a left hip replacement. The drug is available as 60 mg/0.6mL. How many milliliters will the nurse give? Record your answer using one decimal place.
0.4 ml
The nurse is assisting the client to manage the cardiovascular risk factors of hyperlipidemia and hypertension. The client asks the nurse what type of a diet would be best to follow. What is the best response by the nurse?
A diet low in sodium, fat, cholesterol
A client has been prescribed a new antihypertensive medication and is reporting dizziness. Which is the best way for the nurse to assess blood pressure?
Assess the blood pressure in the supine, sitting, then standing positions.
A nurse is caring for a client with excess abdominal fat. Which of the following is a risk associated with excessive abdominal fat about which the nurse should inform the client?
Cardiovascular disease
A nurse prepares to care for a client who has just been admitted to the health care facility. Which activity will the nurse perform first?
Collect data.
A nurse educator is providing information about hypertension to a small group of clients. A participant asks "What can I do to decrease my blood pressure and thus my risk for heart problems?" The nurse describes modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors. Which of the following risk factors can the client modify?
Dyslipidemia is an abnormal amount of lipids (e.g. triglycerides, cholesterol and/or fat phospholipids) in the blood
A nurse needs to measure the pulse of a client admitted to the healthcare facility. Which site would the nurse most likely use?
Radial
When caring for a client with essential hypertension what instruction should the nurse provide to the client to normalize blood pressure?
Reduce sodium intake
A nurse is caring for a client who is recovering from a myocardial infarction (MI). The cardiologist refers the client to cardiac rehabilitation. Which statement by the client indicates an understanding of cardiac rehabilitation?
Rehabilitation will help me function as well as I physically can
A client is admitted to a skilled health facility after total hip replacement. The client asks if the nurse would explain the types of cells that circulate in the blood. The nurse would include which information?
There are three distinct cells that circulate in the blood: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets."
A nurse is providing preoperative teaching to a client who will soon undergo a cardiac bypass. The nurse's teaching plan includes exercises of the extremities. What is the purpose of teaching a client leg exercises prior to surgery?
Leg exercises improve circulation and prevent venous thrombosis.
