While caring for a patient admitted with chest pain, the nurse ...

[fox]

While caring for a patient admitted with chest pain, the nurse recognizes that what factor places the patient at the highest risk for heart disease?
 
  1. overweight and carries the weight around the waist
  2. mother died at age 70 of an acute myocardial infarction
  3. a single mother of four young children with a low income
  4. has a desk job and works long hours

Question 2

During patient teaching about cardiac risk factors, the nurse knows that which laboratory test, if abnormal, requires further instruction due to the risk for the development of coronary artery disease?
 
  1. elevated homocysteine
  2. elevated creatinine
  3. elevated high density lipoprotein (HDL)
  4. elevated INR

[miss.ashley]

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1
Central obesity, or intra-abdominal fat, is associated with an increased risk for CHD. If the patient's mother had died before age 55, that would be a risk factor. Being a single mother is not a specific risk factor for the development of CAD. Sedentary life style is a risk factor, but not as significant as fat accumulation in the upper body.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1

[fox]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[jackie]

Excellent