What is another term for afterload? - ✔️✔️Systemic vascular resistance
A patient has been diagnosed with third-degree atrioventricular block, and
... [Show More] the health care provider has recommended a pacemaker. The patient asks the nurse to explain why this is necessary. The nurse should explain based on which knowledge? - ✔️✔️The atria and ventricles are beating independently, and the actual heart rate may be as low as 15 beats/min.
A patient has a history of crushing chest pain, dyspnea, and diaphoresis. The nurse anticipates which diagnostic test will be performed to provide the most detailed information regarding heart function? - ✔️✔️Cardiac catheterization
A patient has been having episodes of syncope that occur one or two times a week. Which monitoring device will most likely identify an underlying dysrhythmia? - ✔️✔️Loop recorder
A patient presents to the emergency department reporting severe, crushing chest pain. The health care provider suspects an acute myocardial infarction. Which laboratory test result will the nurse check to help confirm this diagnosis? - ✔️✔️Troponin T
A patient has stable angina. During the history taking, which information will the nurse typically expect to hear from the patient? - ✔️✔️My chest pain is relieved with nitroglycerin.
A patient diagnosed with angina is being discharged. The patient will be taking nitroglycerin at home. What teaching should the nurse reinforce about the nitroglycerin tablets? - ✔️✔️Place it under the tongue
A nurse is caring for a patient who just returned from a pacemaker insertion. Which priority action should the nurse take? - ✔️✔️Immobilize the arm.
What is the relationship between cardiac output and stroke volume? (Select all that apply.) - ✔️✔️1. Cardiac output is normally 4 to 8 L/min.
2. Cardiac output is the product of the stroke volume and heart rate
3. Cardiac output is the amount of blood ejected by the ventricles each minute
4. An injury or illness such as a heart attack can affect the contractility and therefore the cardiac output and stroke volume.
A patient reports that her hands always feel cold. Recently, she went outside in cold weather without gloves, and her hands became blue and painful. When the patient went back inside and warmed her hands, they turned red. The nurse realizes these symptoms correlate most closely with which disease process? - ✔️✔️Raynaud syndrome [Show Less]