The nurse suspects that the patient with stable angina is experiencing a side effect of the prescribed drug metoprolol if the

A nurse is evaluating the blood pressure (BP) results for multiple clients with cardiac problems on a telemetry unit. Which BP reading suggests to the nurse that the client’s mean arterial pressure (MAP) is abnormal and warrants notifying the physician?

When auscultating over the patient’s abdominal aorta, the nurse hears a loud humming sound. The nurse documents this finding as a

After an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), a patient ambulates in the hospital hallway. When the nurse evaluates the patient’s response to the activity, which data would indicate that the exercise level should be decreased?

When admitting a patient with a non–ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) to the intensive care unit, which action should the nurse perform first?

When auscultating over the patient’s abdominal aorta, the nurse hears a loud humming sound. The nurse documents this finding as a

When admitting a patient with a non–ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) to the intensive care unit, which action should the nurse perform first?

The supinator muscle causes the following motion: 

Which of the following is NOT one of the functions of the spinal cord?

An anesthesiologist in a hospital goes to the labor and delivery department to administer an epidural anesthetic to a woman in labor.   If his aim is good, and if the patient holds still, where will he inject the medication?