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A nurse is caring for a client who has congestive heart failure and is taking a cardiac glycoside daily. The client refused breakfast and is complaining of nausea and weakness. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A nurse prepares to [First] a client who is in ventricular fibrillation. The nurse first [Second]. 

The patient has a pulmonary artery catheter and an arterial line. Which of the following would be an abnormal finding from these devices?             ‘

The nurse is caring for a client admitted with heart failure. The client has become unresponsive, has no palpable pulse, and CPR is in process. The nurse anticipates what intervention when the ACLS team arrives?

A 76 year old male patient presents to the Emergency Department with complaint of chest pain. During the patient’s clinical workup, the student nurse appropriately educates the patient and family that:

You are the nurse caring for a patient who had been admitted to the ICU and has a pulmonary artery catheter and arterial line. You note that the patient’s hemodynamic assessments are now all within normal range. Match each assessment to its purpose.

A client becomes unresponsive. The client’s pulse is at a rate of 32 beats/min. Blood pressure is 64/38 mm Hg. Which of the following interventions would the nurse do first?

When titrating IV nitroglycerin  for a client with a myocardial infarction (MI), which assessment would the nurse use to evaluate the effectiveness of the medication?

When assessing the arterial waveform, the nurse sees this: What is one potential cause?