The nurse is teaching a beginning ECG class to staff nurses. As the nurse begins to discuss the parts of the ECG complex, one of the students asks what the normal order of conduction through the heart is. The correct response would be which of the following?

A nurse is caring for a client who is has developed anaphylactic shock in response to the ingestion of strawberries. Which of the following medications should the nurse administer first?

A nurse is assessing a client who has right ventricular failure. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who has a new diagnosis of Class I heart failure. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

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

A nurse providing postoperative teaching to a client who has received a valve replacement discusses the importance of antibiotic prophylaxis prior to any dental or surgical procedure. The nurse understands that antibiotic prophylaxis prevents which of the following in these clients?

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

A nurse is caring for a client who was recently admitted and has symptomatic bradycardia.

The nurse is caring for the client immediately following the insertion of the permanent pacemaker

Complete the following sentence by using the list of options.

The nurse should monitor the client for

A nurse is caring for a client on a cardiac monitor and whose rhythm suddenly changes. There are no P waves; instead she observes wavy lines. The QRS complexes measure 0.08 second and are irregular. The client's heart rate is 120 beats/minute. The nurse interprets that this rhythm is:

A client comes to the emergency department with complaints of chest pain after using cocaine. The nurse assesses the client and obtains vital signs with results as follows: blood pressure 140/92, heart rate 128, respiratory rate 26, and an oxygen saturation of 98%. What rhythm on the monitor does the nurse anticipate viewing?

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