The nurse finds a patient unresponsive in the hospital bed, yells for help and initiates CPR. When assessing the patient’s pulse, the nurse is using the following assessment technique:

A client is on bedrest, and an enema has been ordered. In what position should the nurse position the client?

A patient is taking a diuretic such as Lasix. When implementing patient teaching, what information should be included?

The nurse is preparing a patient for a computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen. Patients must be NPO for 8 hours and void several minutes before the test. Which statement by the nurse is best to help prepare the patient?

A client, scheduled for open-heart surgery, tells the nurse he does not want to be “saved” if he dies during surgery. What should the nurse do next?

The RN is admitting a patient to a medical unit. The nurse delegates the measurement of the vital signs to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). After completing the admission process, the patient complains of a severe headache so the nurse reassesses the vital signs to find the patient’s blood pressure extremely elevated. Whose responsibility is the accuracy of the blood pressure measurement?

What diagnosis is a large emboli which obstructs the main pulmonary artery called?

What is the normal range for TAPSE?

Which cardiomyopathy may be caused by amyloidosis?

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