The nurse discussing potential risk factors of infective endocarditis with a hospitalized client would include which of the following as a potential risk factor of this disease process?

A nurse is caring for a client who is in the compensatory stage of shock. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

The nurse notes that leads I, II, and III differ from one another on the cardiac rhythm strip because:

When auscultating the breath sounds of a client with pericarditis, the nurse would expect to find which of the following?

A client being admitted to the cardiac care unit complains of dyspnea on exertion and fatigue. His ECG demonstrates dysrhythmias associated with left ventricular hypertrophy. Which of the following diagnostic tools would be the most helpful in diagnosing cardiomyopathy?

A nurse is admitting a client who has a history of heart failure.

Check the 3 findings that require immediate follow-up.

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

After receiving report on the following clients, which client should the nurse assess first?

The nurse is caring for a client experiencing dyspnea, dependent edema, hepatomegaly, crackles, and jugular vein distention. What condition should the nurse suspect?

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?

The nurse obtains a rhythm strip on a patient who has had a myocardial infarction and makes the following analysis: no visible P waves, P-R interval not measurable, ventricular rate 162, R-R interval regular, QRS complex wide and QRS duration 0.18 second. The nurse interprets the patient's cardiac rhythm as