What is the most common complication of an MI?
A) Cardiogenic shock
B) Heart failure
C) arrhythmias
D) Pericarditis
Ans: C) arrhythmias
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A) Severed blood vessels constrict. B) Thromboplastin is released. C) Prothrombin is converted to thrombin. D) Fibrin is lysed.
The nurse planning to implement a tai chi program at a senior center is meeting resistance by program attendees. How should the nurse respond to the resistance?
1. "Tai chi is the only type of exercise that will benefit the immune response in older people." 2. "There is no research to show that tai chi has benefits, but just getting out and moving helps." 3. "Studies have shown that tai chi will help reduce the levels of IgG and IgM in the circulatory system." 4. "Studies have been shown that tai chi is beneficial to cardiorespiratory function, mental control, flexibility, and the immune system."
The nurse is preparing a discharge teaching session with an Asian patient to evaluate the patient's ability to change a dressing. The patient speaks very little English
What would be the best way to make sure the patient understands the discharge teaching? A) Ask the patient to repeat the instructions B) Write the procedure out for the patient C) Use a translator during the teaching session D) Have the patient demonstrate the dressing change
The nurse reviewing a hematology report of a client with chronic leukemia brings to the attention of the physician a change that may indicate a blast crisis may be occurring, which is
a. a drastic decrease in monocytes. b. a hemoglobin drop to 9 g/dl. c. myeloid cell precursors >20%. d. thrombocytic proliferation.