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evelyn o bentley

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on: Jun 25, 2018
A client is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization. The nurse realizes that the indications for this diagnostic test would be:
 
  1. hypertension.
  2. peripheral edema.
  3. cerebral vascular accident.
  4. diagnose coronary artery disease.

Question 2

Which of the following should the nurse instruct a client who is newly diagnosed with hypertension?
 
  1. It is a lifelong process.
  2. It can be managed easily.
  3. It is a short-term problem.
  4. It happens only in the very poor and treatment is expensive.


Qarqy

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

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Clinical implications for cardiac catheterization are to diagnose coronary artery disease and assess for atherosclerotic lesions. Hypertension, peripheral edema, and cerebral vascular accident are not indications for a cardiac catheterization.

Answer to Question 2

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Treatment of hypertension is a lifelong process. It requires lifestyle modification and occurs in all racial and economical groups. Hypertension can either be easy or difficult to manage.


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