The nurse is caring for a client on a telemetry unit. The client's cardiac monitor exhibits the rhythm below. How should the nurse document this rhythm?

The nurse obtains a health history from a patient with a prosthetic mitral value. Which question by the nurse would help to identify a risk factor for infectious endocarditis

The nurse is caring for a client on a telemetry unit. The client's cardiac monitor exhibits the rhythm below. How should the nurse document this rhythm?

A nurse is caring for an alert client who reports heart palpitations, nausea, and dizziness. An electrocardiogram (EKG) confirms the client is experiencing vector tachycardia (VT). The nurse should anticipate which action?

The nurse is assessing a client with aortic stenosis. Which finding in the client's history would the nurse identify as the most common cause of this condition?

The health care provider prescribes IV mannitol for a client with an intracranial pressure (ICP) of 22. How will the nurse determine that the medication had the intended effect?

A client with new-onset atrial flutter is unresponsive to drug therapy and is scheduled to receive further treatment. Which intervention should the nurse prepare the client to receive?

The nurse is evaluating a cardiac monitor strip for their client that displays a sinus rhythm with a heart rate of 72 bpm. The PR interval is 0.24 seconds. The vital signs are stable and the client reports no symptoms. What is the most appropriate nursing intervention?

A nurse is providing discharge education to a client who is going home with a cast on his leg. What education should the nurse emphasize in the teaching session?

A 55-year-old client who is diagnosed with an evolving myocardial infarction (MI) insists on going home. The nurse encourages the client to be admitted because he knows that within the first 24 hours of a MI, there is a high risk for which of the following?

The nurse is teaching a class to a group of staff nurses about traumatic brain injury which condition would the nurse identify as having the highest risk of a fatal outcome within the first 24 hours post-injury?