A patient is experiencing chest pain. Which should the nurse expect to assess if this patient is experiencing an acute myocardial infarction?
A. Sharp, burning chest pain moving from place to place
B. Sharp, well-localized unilateral chest and left arm pain
C. Substernal pressure type pain, radiating down the left arm
D. Colic-like epigastric pain
Answer: C
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The nurse manager is concerned about the negative ratings her unit has received on patient satisfaction surveys. The first step in addressing this issue from the point of view of quality im-provement is to:
a. Assemble a team. b. Establish a benchmark. c. Identify a clinical activity for review. d. Establish outcomes.
To obtain a sterile urine specimen from a client with a Foley catheter, the nurse begins by applying a clamp to the drainage tubing distal to the injection port. What does the nurse do next?
a. Clamp another section of the tube to create a fixed sample section for retrieval. b. Insert a syringe into the injection port and aspirate the quantity of urine required. c. Clean the injection port cap of the drai-nage tubing with povidone-iodine solu-tion. d. Withdraw 10 mL of urine and discard it; then withdraw 10 mL more for the sam-ple.
The nurse should be aware that which sexually transmitted infection (STI) is often seen in combination with chlamydia?
a. gonorrhea c. syphilis b. herpes genitalis d. trichomoniasis
The nurse understands that which of the following classes of drugs would be most likely to predispose a client to digitalis toxicity with regular use?
a. salicylate analgesic c. potassium wasting diuretic b. tetracycline antibiotic d. calcium-sparing antacid