When a nurse treats a heart disease patient, he or she evaluates which of the patient's risk factors to determine how modification might help bring about improvement?
A. Tobacco use
B. Both 1 and 3
C. Amount of exercise
D. Height
ANS: B
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1. Dyspnea and chest pain with mild exertion. 2. Elective cesarean birth scheduled for 37 weeks. 3. Discussed need for labor epidural and vacuum extraction. 4. Respiratory rate 28, pulse 110, 3+ pre-tibial edema bilaterally.
The client diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) would be started on which medication immediately?
a. aspirin c. heparin b. Coumadin d. streptokinase (Streptase)
The nurse is assessing a patient who presents with a heart rate of less than 60 beats per minute. Which are possible causes for this assessment finding? Select all that apply
1) Sinus bradycardia 2) Atrial fibrillation 3) Heart block 4) Myocardial infarction 5) Hyperkalemia
Which statement describes how to mix different types of insulin in a syringe?
A. Withdraw the long-acting type, then the fast-acting. B. Withdraw the fast-acting type, then the long-acting. C. Withdraw the long-acting type, then the clear. D. Never mix long-acting and fast-acting insulin.