The emergency department nurse is assessing an 82-year-old client for a potential myocardial infarction. Which clinical manifestation does the nurse monitor for?
a. Pain on inspiration
b. Posterior wall chest pain
c. Disorientation or confusion
d. Numbness and tingling of the arm
C
In older adults, disorientation or confusion may be the major manifestation of myocardial infarc-tion caused by poor cardiac output. Pain manifestations could also be related to the myocardial infarction. However, the nurse is more concerned about the new onset of disorientation or confu-sion caused by decreased perfusion.
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