The patient is scheduled to undergo a percutaneous cardiac intervention (PCI). What patient history would the nurse least expect to find?
A) Poor left ventricular function and ejection fraction
B) Coronary artery lesions less than 70% narrowing
C) Extreme old age with fragility
D) Unstable angina with activity and at rest
B
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a. Self-esteem building activities b. Anxiety self-control measures c. Sleep enhancement activities d. Suicide precautions
A client had a total knee replacement this morning and has a continuous passive motion (CPM) machine. What activity related to the CPM does the RN delegate to the unlicensed assistive per-sonnel?
a. Placing controls out of the reach of con-fused clients b. Assessing the client's response to the CPM c. Teaching the client's family the rationale for the CPM d. Assessing neurovascular status of the leg in the CPM
Variables that confuse the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable, so that the research results do not really reflect a true relationship between the independent and dependent variables are
a. extraneous variables. b. random variables. c. within-group variables. d. control variables.
Briefly, write out how you would explain diverticulosis and diverticulitis to Mrs. K