The nurse is assessing a patient with acute decompensated left-sided heart failure. Which symptom would the nurse expect to find?

How will the nurse assess the patency of an arteriovenous fistula?

Many terms are associated with the topic of Schizophrenia. What is the term associated with this definition: “Withdrawal and inability to initiate and persist in goal-directed activity.”

After the nurse finishes teaching a patient about sublingual nitroglycerin, which statement by the patient indicates that the teaching has been effective?

A physician tells a patient that she has essential hypertension. When the physician leaves the room, the patient asks the nurse what essential hypertension is. What response by the nurse is best?

A patient is scheduled for a coronary CT angiography (CCTA). Collaborative interventions before this procedure include which of the following: (Select all that apply.) Inform the patient that this test involves inserting a catheter into an artery in their wrist or groin. Evaluate the patient’s kidney function before sending the patient down for this procedure. Tell the patient that this test can identify if there are blockages in the coronary arteries.

A male patient who recently started taking atorvastatin reports the following symptoms to the nurse. Which symptom is a side effect of atorvastatin that is important to communicate to the health care provider?

A patient with chronic kidney disease is receiving peritoneal dialysis with 2-liter inflows. Which information should the nurse report promptly to the health care providers?

Your patient with bipolar disorder was transferred to the intensive care unit with Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Stevens-Johnson syndrome is:

A patient with a history of diastolic heart failure is admitted to the emergency department with severe dyspnea. The patient has pitting edema in the ankles, a blood pressure of 110/60 mm Hg, an apical pulse rate of 95, a respiratory rate of 30, and SpO2 of 90%. The most important assessment for the nurse to accomplish next is: