A nurse is assisting with teaching a class about pulmonary circulation. The nurse should include that blood flow from the right ventricle leaves the heart to go to the lungs through which of the following locations?

A nurse is educating a group of clients with heart disease. Treatment of heart disease includes lifestyle changes.

Which one of the following is NOT considered part of a healthy lifestyle?

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client about risk factors for heart disease.

Which of the following risk factors is modifiable?

A patient is in the ER for a suspected myocardial infarction.

The nurse sends a blood sample to the lab.

The patient asked the nurse what laboratory levels would be elevated to indicate an MI. The nurse replies:

A nurse is caring for a client who is 2 hours post-op, receiving a clear liquid diet. Which of the following food choices by the nurse is appropriate?

A provider prescribes 2 g of a medication to give to a client in eight divided doses over the next 24h.

How many mg should the nurse administer for each dose?

The nurse is educating a patient with phlebitis of the left leg.

What alternative therapy should this patient avoid until the condition is resolved?

A nurse is assessing a patient with congestive heart failure that has shortness of breath.

Patients with heart disease can have fluid accumulate in the lungs.

This is called.

A nurse is preparing to administer potassium chloride (KCL). The provider prescribes potassium chloride (KCL) 20 mEq suspension PO daily. The bottle is labeled KCL elixir, 10 mEq/mL. Which of the following should the nurse administer?

A nurse is reviewing a client's prescriptions. The nurse should contact the provider to clarify which of the following prescriptions?

The nurse is assisting in a seminar for newly licensed nurses, teaching about characteristics of the heart. The nurse shows understanding of the heart when she states that the innermost layer of the heart is called the.