A nurse is caring for a client who has a serum potassium level of 5.9 mEq/L. The provider prescribes polystyrene sulfonate. If this medication is effective, the nurse should expect which of the following changes on the client's ECG?

A client with Sinus tachycardia has been admitted into the telemetry unit. The nurse identifies the following as possible causes of sinus tachycardia. Select all that apply (SATA)
(Select All that Apply.)

A nurse is caring for a client who has a serum potassium level of 5.9 mEq/L. The provider prescribes polystyrene sulfonate. If this medication is effective, the nurse should expect which of the following changes on the client's ECG?

As the registered nurse, which tasks below should you NOT delegate to the LPN?

A patient on the telemetry unit develops atrial flutter with a heart rate of 150, respirations 26, b/p 118/64 and a o2 saturation of 90% while sitting down. Which action should the nurse do FIRST?

The nurse on the unit hears an alarm sound in the client's room. Arriving in the room, the client is unresponsive. pulseless and the nurse sees the flat rhythm on the monitor. What is the FIRST action by the nurse?

Read orders by the prescriber and answer the question.

Prescriber's orders

Labs: PT, PTT, INR

Unsupervised ambulation every 1 hr

Give protamine sulfate STAT

Give Aspirin orally daily

Continue unrestricted regular diet

Give vitamin K STAT

Initiate bleeding precautions

A nurse is admitting a client who has been in Atrial Fibrillation for 24 hours.

Which of the following interventions does the nurse plan to complete?

(Select All that Apply.)

A client on the cardiac telemetry unit goes into Ventricular fibrillation and is unresponsive. Following initiation of the emergency call system (code blue), what is the next priority for the nurse in caring for the client?

A client is experiencing atrial fibrillation for 2 weeks and did not respond to medication therapy. The client is scheduled for an elective (outpatient) cardioversion. Which other procedure or test does the nurse anticipate this client will need?

A nurse is teaching a client with angina pectoris about starting therapy with nitroglycerin tablets. The nurse should include which of the following instructions regarding how to take the medication?

The charge nurse is making assignments for clients on a cardiac unit. Which client should the charge nurse assign to a new graduate nurse?