The nurse identifies that a patient with chronic kidney disease is at risk for which electrolyte disturbance?

A female client with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is receiving peritoneal dialysis with 2-L inflows. Which information should the nurse report promptly to the health care provider?

A nurse is assessing a client who has end-stage kidney disease and is receiving hemodialysis. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as an indication the client is experiencing fluid overload?

A patient is apneic and has no palpable pulses. The heart monitor shows sinus tachycardia, rate 132. What action should the nurse take next?

The nurse recalls that which type of drug therapy is used to treat volume overload in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF)?

Which action will the nurse include in the plan of care for a patient who was admitted with syncopal episodes of unknown origin?

A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client who is experiencing chest pain.

Physical Examination

0900:

Client admitted with a report of chest pain radiating to the left arm, sweating, shortness of breath, and epigastric discomfort.

Client awake. alert, and oriented x3.

Lung sounds clear bilaterally. $152 heart sounds noted.

All pulses palpable.

Skin cool and diaphoretic to touch.

tachycardia with ST elevation. Provider notified.

Medication Administration Record

Sildenafil 50 mg PO once daily

Simvastatin 40 mg PO once daily

Metoprolol 100 mg PO once daily

Multivitamin once daily

The nurse is reviewing the client's assessment data to prepare the plan of care. What two (2) things should you monitor based on their condition? Select two (2) answers.

Which information is most important for the nurse to include when teaching a client newly diagnosed with hypertension?

Which assessment finding of a patient with chronic kidney disease indicates to the nurse that hemodialysis is having the desired effect?

A patient with dilated cardiomyopathy has new onset atrial fibrillation that has been unresponsive to drug therapy for several days. What topic should the nurse plan to include in patient teaching?

client with acute coronary syndrome has returned to the coronary care unit after having angioplasty with stent placement. Which assessment data indicate the need for immediate action by the nurse?