A patient is in the CCU with dilated cardiomyopathy and asymptomatic right-sided chronic heart failure. What finding will the nurse most likely discover in her assessment of this patient?
A) Mitral regurgitation murmur
B) Cheyne-Stokes respiratory pattern
C) Unilateral crackles
D) Rales
A
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1. Oral 2. Intradermal 3. Sublingual 4. Topical
A public health nurse understands that health promotion should continue across the lifespan. When planning health promotion initiatives, when in the lifespan should health promotion begin?
A) Adolescence B) School age C) Preschool D) Before birth
A 35-year-old woman comes to the local health center with a large mass is her right breast. She has felt the lump for about a year but was afraid to come to the clinic because she was sure it was cancer. The most appropriate nursing diagnosis would be:
A) Self-esteem disturbance B) Ineffective individual coping C) Altered family process D) Ineffective denial
The nurse is instructing a patient about the symptoms of hyperparathyroidism. Which symptoms should the nurse include in this discussion?
Select all that apply. 1. abdominal pain 2. dysrhythmias 3. hypertension 4. diarrhea 5. reduced urine output