Author Question: A nurse assesses a client who is diagnosed with infective endocarditis. Which assessment findings ... (Read 55 times)

nummyann · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

A nurse assesses a client who is diagnosed with infective endocarditis. Which assessment findings should the nurse expect? (Select all that apply.)

a. Weight gain
b. Night sweats
c. Cardiac murmur
d. Abdominal bloating
e. Osler's nodes

Question 2

A nurse assesses a client who is recovering from a heart transplant. Which assessment findings should alert the nurse to the possibility of heart transplant rejection? (Select all that apply.)

a. Shortness of breath
b. Abdominal bloating
c. New-onset bradycardia
d. Increased ejection fraction
e. Hypertension

lindahyatt42 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B, C, E
Clinical manifestations of infective endocarditis include fever with chills, night sweats, malaise and fatigue, anorexia and weight loss, cardiac murmur, and Osler's nodes on palms of the hands and soles of the feet. Abdominal bloating is a manifestation of heart transplantation rejection.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A, B, C
Clinical manifestations of heart transplant rejection include shortness of breath, fatigue, fluid gain, abdominal bloating, new-onset bradycardia, hypotension, atrial fibrillation or flutter, decreased activity tolerance, and decreased ejection fraction.