Med surg trainwreck!
Med surg
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This can cause infective
endocarditis. Wisdom teeth extraction.
The tearm vegetations in
someone with infective
endocarditis means..
Inflammatory debris of the
heart
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Med surg trainwreck!
Med surg
Question Answer
This can cause infective
endocarditis. Wisdom teeth extraction.
The tearm vegetations in
someone with infective
endocarditis means..
Inflammatory debris of the
heart valve.
What does infective
endocarditis alter the
structure of?
The valves.
If a client is anxious and
breathless what should we as
nurses due?
Raise the head of the bed
and stay with client.
If a lower leg blood clot
becomes mobile what
symptoms are most likely to
occur?
Sudden chest pain and or
dyspnea
What signs and symptoms are
consistant due to tissue
ischemia in a client with
peripheral arterial disease?
Brown discoloration to the
skin on the legs.
Which sign is most important
to tell the physician because
it suggests thrombolitis in a
lower extremity?
Calf pain on dorsiflection
of the foot.
What should a nurse plan to
teach someone with
thromboangitis obliterans?
Buerger-Allen exercises.
What will be heard in the
chest of a client with
pericarditis?
Friction rub
When someone with
pericarditis experiances pain
what will help the client
relieve the pain?
Instruct them to sit up and
lean forward.
If someone is on a low
sodium diet due to aortic
stenosis. What should the
client avoid?
canned soup
What is a ballon
valvuloplasty?
A stretching of a narrowed
valve
What does an asprin a day
reduce the potential for? forming blood clots
What is incouraged for a
patient with aortic stenosis to
prevent the need for the
valsalva maneuver?
Encourage foods high in
fiber
Pulsus paradoxus can be
noted in a client with. Cardiac tamponade
What is a commissurotomy?
When a surgeon digitally
stretches or incises
thickened cardiac valvular
leaflets.
How do you relieve chest
pain in a client with mitral
valve prolapse?
Have the client lay flat
with legs elevated at 90
degrees for several
minutes.
Most common
cardiomyopathy. Dialated cardiomyopathy
The priority of a nurse to due
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