A nurse is assessing a client who has infective endocarditis. Which of the following findings should be the priority for the nurse to report to the provider?

A nurse is assessing a client who has infective endocarditis. Which of the following findings should be the priority for the nurse to report to the provider?

A nurse is providing discharge instructions for a client who has congestive heart failure. Which of the following client statements indicates to the nurse that the teaching was effective?

A nurse is assessing a client who has fluid overload. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? (Select all that apply.)

A client with aortic regurgitation is being transferred from the critical care unit to the step-down unit. The nurse receiving the patient in the step-down unit is aware that aortic regurgitation causes:

While admitting an 82-year-old with acute decompensated heart failure to the hospital, the nurse learns that the client lives alone and sometimes confuses the "water pill" with the "heart pill." When planning for the client's discharge the nurse will facilitate a

A nurse is evaluating the central venous pressure (CVP) of a client who has sustained multiple traumas. Which of the following interpretations of a low CVP pressure should the nurse make?

A client is scheduled for percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty to treat mitral stenosis. When explaining the advantage of valvuloplasty instead of valve replacement to the client, which information will the nurse include?

A client is receiving an initial dose of penicillin IV. During the infusion, the client becomes short of breath. What is the first thing the nurse should do?

A nurse is caring for a client who has hypovolemic shock. Which of the following should the nurse recognize as an expected finding?

During the refractory stage of shock in hypovolemia, which of the following responses accurately describes the physiological changes that occur?