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bcretired

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on: Jun 25, 2018
The nurse is caring for several patients on a cardiac care unit. Which patient is most likely to have aortic stenosis?
 
  a. 35-year-old with a history of Raynaud disease
  b. 63-year-old with uncontrolled diabetes
  c. 73-year-old with a history of hypertension
  d. 86-year-old with a history of atheroscle-rosis

Question 2

When doing routine cleaning of a double-lumen tracheostomy tube, the nurse should include which action?
 
  a. Place the patient supine.
  b. Reinsert the inner cannula without touch-ing the faceplate of the tracheostomy tube.
  c. Rinse the inner cannula in a basin of hy-drogen peroxide.
  d. Clean the inner cannula with a pipe clean-er.


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missalyssa26

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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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The older 86-year-old patient with atherosclerosis is most likely to have degenerative calcification of the valve. Risk for aortic stenosis increases with age, and congenital valve malformations and rheumatic fever are causes in younger patients.

Answer to Question 2

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The inner cannula is cleaned with a pipe cleaner, the patient is put in the semi-Fowler position, and the inner cannula is rinsed in sterile saline or sterile water, rather than peroxide.


bcretired

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Reply 2 on: Jun 25, 2018
Excellent

billybob123

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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