A patient is exhibiting dyspnea, orthopnea, cyanosis, clammy skin, crackles, and a productive cough with pink, frothy sputum. Which health problem should the nurse suspect is occurring in this patient?
A. Endocarditis
B. Angina
C. Pulmonary edema
D. Chronic heart failure
Answer: C
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a. communication with intubated patients is often difficult. b. controlled ventilation is the preferred mode for most patients. c. patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease wean easily from mechanical ventilation. d. wrist restraints are applied to all patients to avoid self-extubation.
In recent trends in childbirth practices in the United States:
1. more than 15% of mothers had late prenatal care or no prenatal care. 2. the percent of Hispanics and non-Hispanic blacks and Caucasians receiving pre-natal care was essentially the same. 3. 99% of births were in the hospital. 4. Cesarean births have been declining as a percentage of live births.
Students are practicing documentation of peripheral vascular and lymphatic assessment before going into the clinical setting
A student documents the following: Lower left leg cool to touch with dorsalis pedis, back knee pulse and femoral pulse palpable. How could the following charting be changed to communicate information in appropriate medical terminology? A) Left lower extremity cool to touch with femoral, posterior popliteal, and dorsalis pedis pulses palpable B) Left lower leg cool to touch with femoral, posterior popliteal, dorsalis and pedis pulses palpable C) Left extremity cool to touch with femoral, posterior popliteal, dorsalis and pedis pulses palpable D) No changes are necessary
A nurse is inspecting a client's nails and notices that the angle of the proximal nail fold and the nail plate is almost a flat line; it is about 160 degrees. The nurse understands that this finding indicates:
a. Clubbing of the nails. b. A normal finding. c. Beau's nails. d. Koilonychia (spoon nail).