The nurse is providing teaching about the patient's laboratory values that increase the risk for coronary artery disease (CAD). Which of the following values should the nurse prioritize?.

After reviewing a patient's history, vital signs, physical assessment, and laboratory data, which information is most important for the nurse to communicate to the health care provider?.

After receiving a change-of-shift report on four patients, which patient would the nurse assess first?.

Which action by the nurse will determine if therapies ordered for a patient with chronic constrictive pericarditis are effective?

Which data indicates to the nurse that the patient with stable angina is experiencing a side effect of metoprolol?.

The nurse is assessing a patient with myocarditis before giving a scheduled dose of digoxin (Lanoxin). Which finding is most important for the nurse to communicate to the health care provider?.

A nurse on a cardiac care unit is caring for a preschooler.

Nurses' Notes.

Hospital Day 1. 1738: Received 4-year-old child with an exacerbation of heart failure.

Family reports history of congenital mitral stenosis.

Breath sounds with wheezing noted in bilateral lower lobes.

Nonproductive cough noted.

Dyspnea with respiratory rate 30/min.

Oxygen at 2 L/min applied per nasal cannula.

Telemetry applied: Sinus rhythm at rate 116/min.

Abdomen soft, nontender.

Bowel sounds positive all 4 quadrants.

Lower extremities with 2+ edema noted.

Pedal pulses palpable bilaterally.

Peripheral saline lock intact to right forearm with no signs and symptoms of infection.

Weight 20 kg (44 lb). 2015: Increase in dyspnea noted with orthopnea.

Nasal flaring with respiratory rate of 36/min.

Lung sounds with wheezing noted throughout.

Lower extremity edema 3+ to bilateral lower extremities.

Extremities cool with decreased skin pigmentation noted.

Peripheral pulses weak bilateral.

Jugular vein distention noted.

Provider notified.

Received prescription for additional dose of IV furosemide.

Medication Administration Record.

Hospital Day 1: Furosemide 40 mg IV every 6 hr. Administered at 1755.

Give digoxin 250 mcg IV now.

Administered at 1800.

Hospital Day 2: Give digoxin 125 mcg 12 hr after initial dose.

Administered at 0608.

Give digoxin 125 mcg 12 hr after second dose.

Administered at 1804.

Furosemide 10 mg IV now.

Administered at 2020.

Vital Signs.

Hospital Day 1. 1738: Temperature: 36.7°C (98.0°F). Pulse rate: 114/min.

Respiratory rate: 30/min.

Blood pressure: 92/65 mm Hg. Oxygen saturation: 90%. 2015: Temperature: 36.9°C (98.4°F). Pulse rate: 120/min.

Respiratory rate: 36/min.

Blood pressure: 86/54 mmHg.

Oxygen saturation: 86% room air.
select words from the choices below to fill in each blank in the following sentence. The client is at risk for developing Target 1? and Target 2?.

A patient who has heart failure recently started taking digoxin in addition to furosemide and captopril. Which finding by the home health nurse is a priority to communicate to the health care provider?.

In preparation for discharge, the nurse teaches a patient with chronic stable angina how to use the prescribed short-acting and long-acting nitrates.

Which patient statement indicates that the teaching has been effective?.

The nurse is administering a thrombolytic agent to a patient having an acute myocardial infarction. Which patient data indicates that the nurse should stop the drug infusion?.

A patient who has had chest pain for several hours is admitted with a diagnosis of rule out acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Which laboratory test is most specific for the nurse to monitor in determining whether the patient has had an AMI?.