The nurse explains that cardiac rehabilitation lasts from the end of acute care to the return home and beyond. This service includes:
1. one-on-one individualized care.
2. focus on the patient, rather than the family.
3. telemetry-monitored exercise.
4. rejection from the program for noncompliance.
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Cardiac rehabilitation programs are supervised by a team of experts who arrange for teleme-try-supervised exercise and other modalities, such as diet and medical protocol management. The focus is on the family as well as the patient and, although some patients reject the program, they are very rarely rejected by the rehabilitation center.
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a. blood urea nitrogen. b. daily weight. c. hourly intake and urine output. d. serum potassium.
The nurse is preparing to inflate a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) balloon while it is located in the pulmonary artery. What assessment is possible from this action?
1. When inflated, the catheter indirectly measures pressures in the left side of the heart. 2. When inflated, the catheter measures the pressure in the right side of the heart. 3. When inflated, the catheter indirectly measures the cardiac index. 4. When inflated, the catheter measures cardiac output through thermodilution.
A patient playing pool with another patient throws down the pool cue and begins swearing. The nurse should initially intervene by
a. asking other patients to leave the room. b. calling for assistance to restrain the patient. c. suggesting a time-out in the patient's room. d. restating rules of the milieu related to swearing.
The nurse is caring for a client in the outpatient setting who has been diagnosed with a depressive disorder
Before the client is given a prescription for a tricyclic antidepressant, it is important for the nurse to assess the client for risk factors including: A) Suicide. B) Hypersomnia. C) Cardiovascular arrhythmia. D) Erectile dysfunction.