Category: Nursing

A pediatric nurse formulates the expected outcomes that a child and family members, who understand meal planning for type 1diabetes, will demonstrate. Which nursing intervention assists with meeting the outcomes?

With gastroesophageal reflux symptoms, the purpose of esophageal pH monitoring is evaluating for:

Excessive alcohol use while on warfarin (Coumadin) therapy leads to:

A primary prevention for reducing a female patient’s risk of developing coronary heart disease is to:

A patient comes to the emergency department with reports of a swollen and painful leg but denies sustaining any injury. Physical examination reveals a tense calf muscle, decreased sensation to the foot and leg, and absent pedal pulses. The cardiac/vascular nurse asks the patient when the symptoms began, because:

Compare and contrast Health Care in the United States to that of Canada. Included should be a comparison of: history, mortality and morbidity, services, access, financing, resources, regulation

A 55-year-old patient who is diagnosed with an evolving myocardial infarction (MI) insists on going home. The cardiac/vascular nurse encourages the patient to be admitted, because the greatest risk within the first 24 hours of sustaining an MI is:

In an assessment for intermittent claudication, the cardiac/vascular nurse assesses for leg pain and cramping with exertion, then asks the patient:

Which is the primary consideration when preparing to administer thrombolytic therapy to a patient who is experiencing an acute myocardial infarction (MI)?

A patient recently had a cardiac catheterization via right-radial approach. The patient has a compression device in place. The patient complains of numbness and pain in the right hand. The cardiac/vascular nurse notes a diminished pulse, with a cool and cyanotic hand. what should the nurse do?