After teaching a client who is recovering from a heart transplant to change positions slowly, the client asks, Why is this important? How should the nurse respond?
a. Rapid position changes can create shear and friction forces, which can tear out your internal vascular sutures.
b. Your new vascular connections are more sensitive to position changes, leading to increased intravascular pressure and dizziness.
c. Your new heart is not connected to the nervous system and is unable to respond to decreases in blood pressure caused by position changes.
d. While your heart is recovering, blood flow is diverted away from the brain, increasing the risk for stroke when you stand up.
Question 2
A nurse assesses a client with pericarditis. Which assessment finding should the nurse expect to find?
a. Heart rate that speeds up and slows down
b. Friction rub at the left lower sternal border
c. Presence of a regular gallop rhythm
d. Coarse crackles in bilateral lung bases
HEART STRUCTURE 1
The nurse uses a noninvasive bladder ultrasound to measure the client’s bladder volume.
Patient teaching: ear assessment
Common patient positions.
Change in air temperature at various air flow rates for a 4 pass operation
Heart block