NURSING 100 (NURSING 100)

NCLEX Exam Cardiovascular Surgery Care

heart failure

NURSING 100 - MEDS. STUDY GUIDE. Meds Primary reason for administering morphine to a client with a myocardial infarction: To decrease oxygen demand on the client’s heart. Rationals: Morphine will also decrease pain and anxiety while causing sedation, but it is not primarily given for those reasons. What supplemental medication is most frequently ordered in conjunction with furosemide (Lasix)? Potassium Rationals: potassium loss occurs as a result of this diuretic. How long after ora...

A client is diagnosed with myocardial infarction. Which data collection findings indicate that the client has developed left-sided heart failure? Orthopnea Cough Crackles RATIONALES: Left-sided heart failure produces primarily pulmonary signs and symptoms, such as orthopnea, cough, and crackles. Right-sided heart failure primarily produces systemic signs and symptoms, such as ascites, jugular vein distention, and hepatomegaly. A client is in the early stage of heart failure. During this tim...

Heart Failure A client is diagnosed with myocardial infarction. Which data collection findings indicate that the client has developed left-sided heart failure? . A client is in the early stage of heart failure. During this time, which compensatory mechanism occurs? When assessing a client with left- sided heart failure, the nurse expects to note: The nurse is assessing a client with heart failure. The breath sounds commonly auscultated in clients with heart failure are: After an anterior wall my...