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?

The nurse recognizes that when a patient is unable to consume adequate nutrition by mouth, an alternative route such as a feeding ostomy may be used.

What is the proper term for feeding a patient by this method?

A nurse is planning to calculate a client's cardiac output. Which of the following data should the nurse obtain to calculate the cardiac output?

An older adult patient tells the home health nurse, "My health care provider hasn't helped my arthritis at all.

I am using the chiropractor now.”. What change has the patient made?

A patient has a new diagnosis of hypertension with a new prescription for a Beta Blocker.

Which medication would you expect to be prescribed?

A nurse is planning to perform an electrocardiogram (ECG) for a client who has a history of coronary heart disease.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take? (Select all that apply.).

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 teaching a client about fat-soluble vitamins.

Which vitamins are considered fat-soluble? Select all that apply.

A nurse is completing the 8-hr l&0 record for a client who consumed 4 oz of clear soda, 1 piece of toast, 12 oz of water, 1 cup of fruit-flavored gelatin, and 1/2 cup of chicken broth.

The client also received 300 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride IV. The nurse should record how many mL of intake on the client's record? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number.)

The nurse is taking care of a patient who is newly diagnosed with heart disease. The patient is asking questions about how blood flows through the heart.

The nurse responds, when the left ventricle contracts, it pushes blood through a valve to the:

A nurse is conducting a nutritional education seminar.

The nurse knows the client understands the teaching when they state: