The nurse is caring for a patient with acute pericarditis. What nursing management would be instituted to minimize complications?
A) The nurse keeps the patient isolated to prevent nosocomial infections.
B) The nurse encourages coughing and deep breathing.
C) The nurse helps the patient with activity restrictions until the pain and fever subside.
D) The nurse encourages increased fluid intake until dehydration is resolved.
Ans: C
Feedback: To minimize complications, the nurse helps the patient with activity restrictions until the pain and fever subside. As the patient's condition improves, the nurse encourages gradual increases of activity. Actions to minimize complications of acute pericarditis do not include keeping the patient isolated; coughing and deep breathing are not encouraged; and an increase in fluid intake is not necessarily necessary.
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