You assess a patient’s blood pressure to be 90/60 mmHg and pulse rate 116 beats/minute and irregular. Based on the above vital signs, the nurse determines the patient’s pulse pressure to be:

The nurse anticipates which diagnostic results to be expected findings in a patient with congestive heart failure?

Which should be the nurse’s primary goal when planning the care of a patient with an acute MI:

Which nursing diagnostic category is most appropriate for a patient on ACE inhibitors whose condition has been stabilized?

The nurse understands that ACE inhibitors should be used with caution in patients with:

The nurse understands that the physical assessmentfindings of a patient with right ventricular failure would typically include:

The nurse would expect to administer which of the following medications to a hypotensive patient in severe congestive heart failure?

A patient’s chest pain is unrelieved after the oxygen and sublingual nitroglycerin (1/150 grain every 5 minutes for three doses). Morphine sulfate has been ordered, because:

Treatment of a patient with symptomatic complete heart block that is refractory to atropine typically includes:

The physician orders Amiodarone (Cordarone) at a loading dose of 150 mg IV bolus over 10 minutes at 15 mg/min. Then a maintenance infusion of 360 mg over 6 hours at 1mg/min. Amiodarone (Cordarone) is indicated because it: