A patient asks the nurse what atherosclerosis is. The nurse states
A) It is the buildup of fat on the walls of the arteries.
B) Atherosclerosis is thickening of the pulmonary artery.
C) A patient with atherosclerosis has no pulse in the feet.
D) Atherosclerosis causes pain in the lower extremities.
Question 2
When a 60-year-old patient asks the nurse what a dysrhythmia is, the nurse explains that it is an irregular heart rhythm that can be caused by
A) Increased white blood cells
B) Diminished coronary blood flow
C) Deep-vein thrombosis
D) Cerebrovascular accident
Lung cancer. Photograph of part of a lung removed after death. The yellow area is a large tumor and
A patient with exophthalmos.
Patient Teaching Methods
A surgeon holds a pacemaker next to an X-ray of a pacemaker implanted in a patient’s chest.
The level of emissions from transport in the United States is twice as high as the global average
Nutrias native to South America are abundant in freshwater marshes of the Gulf States. Their populat