If the angular momentum of a system of particles about its center of mass (G) is conserved, then

A 72-year-old patient is hospitalized for an aortic dissection of the abdominal aorta that is leaking but stabilizes with treatment. The nurse develops a teaching plan for the patient’s discharge that includes information about

 The healthcare provider orders a set of serial EKGs to be done over a 24 hour period. The order reads  “Perform an EKG every 6 hours x 3”.  What will the nurse do to ensure the validity of comparison of  EKGs taken at different times?

A patient who has a ventricular paced pacemaker has been admitted to the telemetry unit. The nurse observes the presence of a pacing spike but no QRS complex on the patient’s EKG tracing. How will the nurse interpret this event?

The nurse notices sinus bradycardia on the patient’s cardiac monitor. The nurse should

The nurse enters a patient’s room and obtains the following hemodynamic values: CVP 16, PAP 96/40, PAWP 6, CI 2.9. The nurse would anticipate the diagnosis of:

Identify the inversion AND the quality of the chord:

Zygotes with _______ usually cannot survive until birth.

What medication would be used as a local anesthetic to remove a fishhook from a patient’s finger?

A nurse counsels a patient who is to begin taking phenytoin [Dilantin] for epilepsy. Which statement by the patient indicates an understanding of the teaching?