Exam 23: Alterations of Cardiovascular Function

A nurse is teaching a patient about anaphylactic shock.Which information should the nurse include? The onset of anaphylactic shock is usually:

A 56-year-old male is diagnosed with coronary artery disease.Which of the following modifiable risk factors would the nurse suggest the patient change?

A 35-year-old male presents with pulmonary hypertension.Testing reveals he is in right heart failure.Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis the nurse will see listed on the chart?

A nurse takes an adult patient's blood pressure and determines it to be normal.What reading did the nurse obtain?

A 50-year-old male is diagnosed with orthostatic hypotension.Which of the following symptoms would he most likely experience?

A 30-year-old female presents to her primary care provider with fever,cardiac murmur,and petechial skin lesions.She is diagnosed with infective endocarditis.When the patient wants to know what caused the disease,what is the nurse's best response? The most likely cause of the disease is:

A 65-year-old male presents for a routine checkup.A blood pressure check reveals a systolic pressure of 160 mm Hg and a diastolic pressure of 70 mm Hg.Which of the following is the most likely cause of this type of pressure elevation?

A 52-year-old female is diagnosed with coronary artery disease.The nurse assesses for myocardial:

When a patient with left heart failure starts to have a cough and dyspnea,which principle should the nurse remember? Pulmonary symptoms,common to left heart failure,are a result of:

Which characteristic changes should the nurse keep in mind while caring for a patient with left heart failure? As left heart failure progresses:

A 50-year-old male visits the cardiologist for an EKG.Results indicate that he has no PR interval and a variable QRS rate with rhythm irregularity.Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis to be recorded on the chart?

A 30-year-old Caucasian female was recently diagnosed with primary hypertension.She reports that she eats fairly well,usually having red meat and potatoes daily.She also reports that her father has hypertension as well.A nurse determines which of the following risk factors is most likely associated with this diagnosis?

A 51-year-old male presents with recurrent chest pain on exertion.He is diagnosed with angina pectoris.When he asks what causes the pain,how should the nurse respond? The pain occurs when:

A 75-year-old male has severe chest pain and dials 911.Lab tests at the hospital reveal elevated levels of cardiac troponins I and T.Based upon the lab findings,the nurse suspects which of the following has occurred?

A nurse monitors the patient for _____ when rapid onset of malignant hypertension results.

One consequence of switching from aerobic to anaerobic cellular metabolism during shock states is:

A nurse recalls the most common cardiac valve disease in the United States,which tends to be most prevalent in young women,is:

A 28-year-old female presents to the ER reporting severe chest pain that worsens with respirations or lying down.She has a fever,tachycardia,and a friction rub.Based upon the assessment findings,the nurse determines the patient is experiencing:

Which of the following findings in the patient with Raynaud disease would indicate a need for further teaching?

Which patient is most prone to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS)? In a patient with: