The patient with tachycardia who has a heart rate of 115 complains of shortness of breath. The nurse interprets this complaint as being related to which problem?
a. Pulmonary edema
b. Drop in cardiac output
c. Impending pneumonia
d. Increasing anxiety
B
When the heart is beating rapidly, the stroke volume decreases. This diminishes the cardiac out-put, causing reduced oxygen to tissues and tissue hypoxia.
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a. Specific to general b. Proximodistal c. Cephalocaudal d. General to specific
The nurse is caring for a client complaining of a backache and administers ibuprofen. The client asks the nurse how the medication will help the pain. The nurse bases the response on ibuprofen's effect during which phase of nociception?
1. Transduction. 2. Transmission. 3. Perception. 4. Modulation.
A patient comes to the clinic complaining of a tender, inflamed vulva. Testing does not reveal the presence of any known causative microorganism
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When a client is admitted to the ED with a sucking chest wound, the nurse initially would
a. cover the wound with whatever is available. b. leave the wound open. c. notify the physician. d. obtain a sterile gauze petroleum dressing to cover the wound.