Cardiac - Nursing flashcard

Front

When a client first takes a nitrate, the nurse expects which symptom that often occurs?

Back

Headaches

Front

A client is to be discharged home with a transdermal nitroglycerin patch. Which instruction will the nurse include in the client's teaching plan?

Back

Apply the patch to a nonhairy area of the upper torso or arm.

Front

Which client assessment would assist the nurse in evaluating therapeutic effects of a calcium channel blocker?

Back

Client states that she has no chest pain.

Front

A nurse is assessing an electrocardiogram rhythm strip. The P waves and QRS complexes are regular. The PR interval is 0.16 second, and QRS complexes measure 0.06 second. The overall heart rate is 64 beats per minute. The nurse assesses the cardiac rhythm as:

Back

Normal sinus rhythm

Front

A nurse is watching the cardiac monitor and notices that the rhythm suddenly changes. There are no P waves, the QRS complexes are wide, and the ventricular rate is regular but over 100. The nurse determines that the client is experiencing:

Back

Ventricular tachycardia