1. You are conducting a workshop on the measurement of jugular venous pulsation. As part of
your instruction, you tell the students to make sure that they can distinguish between the
jugular venous pulsation and the carotid pulse. Which characteristic is typical of the carotid
pulse palpable
2. The nurse is assessing an elderly client admitted with a diagnosis of chronic heart failure
(HF). The spouse asks the nurse the primary cause for HF, and the nurse responds that HF
may be caused by Atherosclerosis
3. The nurse is assessing a client admitted to the telemetry unit from the Emergency
Department with complaints of increasing shortness of breath, and is coughing pink-tinged
frothy sputum. During the history assessment, the nurse documents a history of left-sided
heart failure. The nurse recognizes the presenting signs and symptoms of which health
problem? Acute pulmonary edema
4. A client has a new prescription captopril (Capoten) following a clinic visit. What should the
nurse include in teaching about the drug? (Select all that apply.) Report any cough that
develop
5. The nurse is providing discharge education on fluid balance monitoring to a patient with a
new diagnosis of right-sided heart failure. The nurse will stress which priority instruction
for monitoring fluid balance? Weigh daily at the same time in similar clothing
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