The nurse who is trying to prevent heat loss in the newborn interprets that which of the following physical characteristics serves to decrease a newborn’s loss of heat?

A nurse is providing teaching for a client who has a new diagnosis of angina pectoris. Which of the following information should the nurse include about stable anginal pain?

Identify this cardiac rhythm and rate ___________________________

After receiving change-of-shift report about these four clients, which client would the nurse assess first?

When reviewing documentation, the nurse notes that the S2 sound was documented as audible. What would this sound indicate?

A patient is admitted to the emergency department with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). The patient becomes unstable, heart rate 180 and BP 80/66. What medication would the nurse anticipate to be administered?

A patient is admitted to the emergency department with symptomatic bradycardia with a heart rate of 30 beats per minute. What medication should the nurse prepare to administer?

Which diagnostic test result is consistent with a diagnosis of heart failure (HF)?

A new mother questions the nurse about the lump on her baby’s head and says the physician told her it was a “collection of blood between the skull bone and its covering (periosteum).” The nurse explains that this is called:

The nurse is caring for a young athlete who is being treated for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The client asks the nurse, “What is wrong with my heart?” The nurse explains that hypertrophic cardiomyopathy causes a _____________ contraction due to _____________ walls of the heart.