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A high-pitched, scratchy, scraping sound is heard that increases with exhalation and when the client leans forward. The nurse recognizes this sound as a result of what process occurring within the pericardium?
While auscultating a client's trachea, the nurse hears a high, harsh sound with short inspiration and long expiration. The nurse would document which of the following? 16.
The nurse contacts the client's physician because the client's signs are indicative of The nurse hears high-pitched swooshing sounds over the carotid artery on the right side. What is this sound indicative of? Place the bell of the stethoscope over the apex with client on left side. The nurse is assessing a client diagnoses with mitral stenosis.
The nurse is aware that the patient has 20/40 vision. This means that the patient can see at 20 feet what the normal eye can see at _______ feet. The patient tells the nurse that he is legally blind. How would this information impact the nurse's plan of care for this patient?
The nurse assesses a hospitalized adult client and observes that the client's jugular veins are fully extended . The nurse contacts the client's physician because the client's signs are indicative of. Bruits. The nurse hears high-pitched swooshing sounds over the carotid artery on the right side.
To best palpate the PMI, the nurse places two fingers at the left border of the heart in the 5th intercostal space. Blood pressure. A client is experiencing decreased cardiac output.
The nurse is auscultating the heart sounds of an adult client. To auscultate Erb point, the nurse should place the stethoscope at the. inflammation of the pericardial sac. A nurse cares for a client who suffered a myocardial infarction two (2) days ago.
Mitral. The nurse is performing a cardiac examination of a client with shortness of breath and palpitations. The nurse listens to the heart with the client sitting upright, then has him change to a supine position, and finally has him turn onto his left side in the left lateral decubitus position.
The apical impulse may be more difficult to palpate than in a younger client. The nurse is assessing an older adult client's heart and neck vessels. When attempting to palpate the client's apical impulse, what principle should guide the nurse's actions? Closure of aortic then pulmonic valves.
5.Cooked carrots. The nurse notices that a coworker changes the work schedule so that they both work on the same days. Lately, the coworker has followed the nurse into the medicine and supply rooms, and then blocks the nurse from leaving. The nurse has told the coworker, to no avail, that the behavior is disturbing.
2.The nurse needs additional education to take vital signs. *3.The nurse knows breathing can be controlled by the patient. 4.The nurse knows the pulse and respirations are interconnected.
3.The amount of edema after therapy compared to before the therapy. 4.If the patient preferred one type of therapy over the other. The nurse is monitoring a patient for hypoxia.
3.The patient who drinks wine at dinner every night and is borderline hypertensive.
The nurse is providing care for a patient just returned from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) after surgery with a spinal anesthetic. The nurse will monitor the patient for continued recovery and side effects. For which side effects related to the anesthesia does the nurse monitor the patient? Select all that apply.