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MGLQZ · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

When interviewing a newly admitted client, the nurse learns that the client is a cigarette smoker. It is determined that the client has a 50 pack-year history. This means that the client has smoked:

1. 2 packs of cigarettes a day for 25 years
2. 50 cigarettes a week for the last year
3. 1 pack a week for the last year
4. 50 packs within the last year

Question 2

The nurse is preparing to discuss myocardial infarctions (MIs) with a women's group. Which of the following assessment findings should be included when discussing the typically observed signs and symptoms in females experiencing an MI?

1. Originates both at rest and upon exertion
2. Pain lasting longer than 30 minutes
3. Pain radiating up into left jaw
4. Significant gastric indigestion

javimendoza7 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 2
If a client smoked 2 packs a day for 20 years, the client has a 40 pack-year history (packages per day x years smoked).

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 4
There is a significant difference between men and women in relation to coronary artery disease. Women's symptoms differ from those seen in men. The most common initial symptom in women is angina, but atypical symptoms of fatigue, indigestion, vasospasm, shortness of breath, or back or jaw pain are also present. The remaining options are reflective of symptoms experienced by both men and women.