While doing an intake examination on a patient with PVD, the nurse identifies a factor that aggravates vascular disease, which is that the patient:
1. rides a bicycle to work.
2. drinks red wine every day.
3. is employed as an air traffic controller.
4. eats chocolate candy every day.
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Employment as an air controller is a stressful occupation. Stress increases vasoconstriction and increases vascular resistance. Wine and chocolate actually have beneficial effects on circulation, as does bicycle riding.
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The student nurse is assessing a patient's pulses. What action by the student requires the nurse to intervene?
a. Assessing apical pulse between the fifth and sixth intercostal spaces b. Assessing the doralis pedis pulse by palpating behind the patient's knee c. Assessing the radial pulse on the patient's wrist d. Assessing the brachial pulse on the patient's inner elbow
During the past 20 years, the prevalence of obesity has increased dramatically in the United States, with one-third of women older than 20 years of age being obese
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A client has a deficiency of aldosterone. Which assessment finding does the nurse correlate with this condition?
a. Increased urine output b. Vasoconstriction c. Blood glucose, 98 mg/dL d. Serum sodium, 144 mEq/L