A client is admitted to the cardiac care unit with an acute…
A client is admitted to the cardiac care unit with an acute anterior myocardial infarction. The nurse assesses the client to be diaphoretic and tachypneic, with bilateral crackles throughout both lung fields. Following insertion of a pulmonary artery catheter by the physician, which hemodynamic values is the nurse most likely to assess?
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A client with an occluded coronary artery is admitted and has an emergency percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The client is admitted to the cardiac critical care unit after the PTCA. Which of the following complications will the nurse monitor the client after the procedure?
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A client is admitted to the emergency department (ED) after a diving accident with a suspected cervical spine fracture. The client has a heart rate of 45 beats/minute and a blood pressure of 78/44 mm Hg. What priority interventions would the nurse anticipate?
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