A nurse in the Emergency Department is evaluating a patient’s cardiac rhythm. What is the correct interpretation of the rhythm and the appropriate treatment?

Given the electrocardiogram tracing below for a client who is unresponsive and without a pulse, what should be the nurse’s priority action?

A nurse is caring for a client who has developed cardiac tamponade. Which of the following symptoms should the nurse expect to observe?

Which patient statement would help the nurse confirm a previous diagnosis of chronic stable angina?

The nurse is caring for a client with weak pedal pulses, absent hair on bilateral legs, and a full-thickness wound on the right lateral malleolus with defined margins, including a minimal amount of serous exudate.

Which of the following interventions is contraindicated?

If a patient diagnosed with hypertension is prescribed Propranolol (Inderal), what patient history should prompt the nurse to consult with the healthcare provider before administering this drug?

A patient with a history of coronary artery disease experiences chest pain while walking. After taking sublingual nitroglycerin, the patient’s chest pain increases, and they experience clammy skin and blurry vision.

They call 911 and you are the nurse attending to them in the emergency department. What is the most important nursing intervention to do first?

A patient with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) has recently undergone Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) of the lower extremity. Which assessment is crucial for the nurse to perform post-procedure?

The nurse is caring for a client with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). What emergent procedure does the nurse anticipate the physician will order?

A nurse analyzes a rhythm strip for a patient who has had a myocardial infarction and observes the following: no visible P waves, PR interval not measurable, ventricular rate of 162, R-R interval regular, QRS complex wide and distorted, and QRS duration of 0.18 second.

How should the nurse interpret this cardiac rhythm?

What factor would contraindicate the use of propranolol (Inderal) in a 38-year-old obese African American patient with diabetes who is being evaluated for hypertension control?