The chief symptom a critical care nurse will assess for in a patient with a dissecting aortic aneurysm is
A) sudden, intense chest pain.
B) severe hypotension.
C) sudden mental confusion and disorientation.
D) lethal ventricular arrhythmias.
A
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A) Verbalization of an understanding of medical regimen B) Compliance with antihypertensive medications C) Multiple diastolic blood pressure readings <90 mm Hg D) Compliance with a low-sodium diet
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A) Cheese B) Butter C) Eggs D) Nuts
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A client is being prepared for cardiac catheterization. The nurse performs an initial assessment and records the vital signs. Which of the following data collected can be classified as subjective data?
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