An older adult client is admitted with fluid volume excess. Which diagnostic study does the nurse facilitate as a priority?
a. Echocardiography
b. Chest x-ray
c. T4 and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
d. Arterial blood gas
A
Echocardiography is considered the best tool for the diagnosis of heart failure. A chest x-ray probably will be done, and if the client has dyspnea, an arterial blood gas will be drawn, but the echocardiogram is the priority. T4 and TSH might be ordered to assess for a contributing cause of heart failure.
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