If a client develops cor pulmonale (right-sided heart failure), the nurse would expect to observe

1. increasing respiratory difficulty seen with exertion.

2. cough productive of a large amount of thick, yellow mucus.

3. peripheral edema and anorexia.

4. twitching of extremities. ans3

. The nursing team includes two RNs, one LPN/LVN, and one nursing assistant. The nurse should consider the assignments appropriate if the nursing assistant is assigned to care for

1. a client with Alzheimer's requiring assistance with feeding.

2. a client with osteoporosis complaining of burning on urination.

3. a client with scleroderma receiving a tube feeding.

4. a client with cancer who has Cheyne-Stokes respirations. anst

A 23-year-old man is admitted with a subdural hematoma and cerebral edema after a motorcycle accident. Which of the following symptoms should the nurse expect to see INITIALLY?

1. Unequal and dilated pupils.