Heart Failure for Certified Emergency Nursing (CEN)

When caring for a patient with an MI, the nurse understands all of the following statements to be true except:

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

Which statement about dopamine is true?

The nurse understands that the rationale for administering inotropic and vasodilative drugs to a patient with CHF isto:

Which nursing diagnostic category would be appropriate for a patient with CHF?

Upon auscultation, the nurse detects a new crescendo decrescendo systolic murmur, which produces a blowing noise. This may be indicative of:

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

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’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:

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