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

Which of the following risk factors is modifiable?

A patient has a new diagnosis of congestive heart failure. What type of education would be appropriate to give the patient regarding signs and symptoms to report to the provider?

The nurse is educating a patient on a vegan diet.

What supplement will the nurse encourage this patient to take to avoid a deficiency?

A nurse is educating a patient with a newly placed pacemaker about a variety of complementary and alternative therapies.

What type of therapy is contraindicated in patients with pacemakers?

A nurse is assisting with teaching a class about massage therapy. The nurse should include that which of the following is a possible adverse effect of massage therapy.

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 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 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 caring for a client immediately following a cardiac catheterization with a femoral artery approach. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse withdraws morphine 2 mg from a vial that contains 4 mg/mL to inject IM for a client.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take for wasting the excess medication?

A patient is prescribed an ace inhibitor. The nurse knows the patient understands the adverse effects when he reports the following?