A hospitalized client with coronary artery disease complains…
A hospitalized client with coronary artery disease complains of substernal chest pain. After checking the client’s heart rate and blood pressure, the nurse administers 0.4 mg of nitroglycerin sublingually. After 5 minutes, the client states, “My chest still hurts.” What appropriate actions should the nurse take? (Select all that apply.)
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A patient has edema of the lower extremities. The nurse is assessing whether it is pitting and to what degree. After pressing the skin on the dorsum of the foot, the nurse identifies pitting edema that can be depressed 4 mm and disappears after 10-15 seconds? What scale could the nurse use to document the findings?
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A nurse has just inserted a nasogastric (NG) tube into a patient scheduled to begin enteral tube feedings. Prior to administering anything into the tube, which action should the nurse take to confirm the tube is definitely in the stomach?
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