The nurse is caring for a patient undergoing intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) counterpulsation. What patient symptom most requires immediate nursing intervention?
A) Patient complains of stiffness in insertion leg.
B) Mean arterial blood pressure is increased by 10 points.
C) Balloon is inflating during ventricular systole.
D) Cardiac output is increased by 3 L/min.
C
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A male client who has a career in the New York stock market has complained to the nurse how tired he has become. This client has a history of hypertension that is controlled with medication. The nurse has encouraged this client to begin to exercise
The primary purpose of this instruction is to: 1. Help the client decrease and manage stress. 2. Assist the client to build new muscle. 3. Decrease the client's risk of tolerance to the medication. 4. Improve the client's mood.
A client with acute pancreatitus has an abnormally low serum calcium level. During a bath the nurse cleans the client's face with a cloth, and the lips, nose, and side of the face. When documenting this information the nurse would state that the patient's facial twitching indicates the presence of:
c) Chrostek's sign d) Bell's palsey
The combining form for head is
A) cerebr/o B) angi/o C) hem/o D) cephal/o
Mr. N is receiving D5W at 75 cc/hr. How much fluid, grams of CHO, and kcals is this per day? Show your work