A hospitalized client diagnosed with heart failure develops increased bilateral lower extremity edema. The nurse evaluates weight changes, lung sounds, oxygen saturation, and fluid intake/output. Which description best classifies this assessment?

A 9-year-old child presents to the clinic with multiple bruises in various stages of healing. The caregiver states, “He’s just clumsy.” The child avoids eye contact and becomes visibly anxious when the caregiver answers questions. What is the nurse’s most appropriate action?

Combining nitrates with phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors can cause:

Amiodarone’s prolonged clinical effect after discontinuation is best explained by its:

Which physiologic effect contributes to the antihypertensive action of ACE inhibitors?

When initiating warfarin therapy for acute venous thromboembolism, the nurse practitioner should:

The antiarrhythmic effect of non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers is primarily due to:

Which mechanism best explains the immediate anticoagulant effect of heparin?

The nurse practitioner explains ACE inhibitors improve heart failure primarily by:

Low Molecular Weight Heparin differs from Heparin because it: