Heart Failure for Certified Emergency Nursing (CEN)

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:

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

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

Which health history finding would not predispose a patient to developing an MI?

Which intervention would the nurse know to be inappropriate for a patient with left ventricularfailure?

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:

A patient receiving ACE inhibitors are at risk for developing which of the following adverse effects:

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

The nurse understands that the most common cause ofright ventricular failure is:

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