The nurse is planning the care of a client with heart failure. The nurse should identify what overall goals of this client’s care?

During the admission history, prior to a scheduled surgery,  the client reports to the nurse of taking the usual dose of warfarin (Coumadin) the previous day. What is an appropriate nursing action?

The nurse treating clients with hemophilia knows that if bleeding is not treated effectively, the following body part is at greatest risk for the development of chronic, disabling disease:

A child with hemophilia is brought to the clinic with spontaneous soft tissue bleeding of the right knee. Immediately on the child’s arrival, what should the nurse do?

The nurse is admitting a 32-year-old woman to the pre-surgical unit. The nurse learns during the admission assessment that the patient takes oral contraceptives. Consequently, the nurse’s postoperative plan of care should include what intervention?

An older client receiving several antihypertensive medications to help control blood pressure. The client has had a recent fall at home. What should the nurse include in this client’s plan of care?  

A nurse is providing education to a patient newly diagnosed with hypertension. Which condition indicates target organ damage from untreated/undertreated hypertension?

The cardiac nurse is caring for a patient who has been diagnosed with heart failure. Which diagnostic test will help determine the ejection fraction??

You are conducting a home visit for a patient with chronic congestive heart failure. The patient asks what he can do to try and catch worsening CHF before a hospital stay is necessary. You explain what signs and symptoms to monitor for and instruct the patient to do what every day?

A nurse is teaching a client with heart disease and a new prescription for atenolol. Which of the following findings should the nurse include as adverse effects of this medication?