A positive outcome of the client goal, client will verbalize decrease in peripheral discomfort (intermittent claudication) would be that the client:
a. verbalizes his medication regime related to use of peripheral vasodilators.
b. does not experience injury related to side effects of peripheral vasodilators.
c. verbalizes that he is able to walk around the block without leg pain.
d. reports episodes of anginal pain to the health care provider.
Question 2
The nurse should teach a client with peripheral vascular disease on vasodilator therapy about the effects of smoking, including:
a. tars in tobacco increase the effectiveness of vasodilator therapy.
b. nicotine may result in hypertension in persons taking vasodilators.
c. nicotine has vasodilating effects that increase the effects of vasodilator therapy.
d. the use of tobacco products should be avoided because of its vasoconstricting effects.
The nurse uses a noninvasive bladder ultrasound to measure the client’s bladder volume.
The Major Divisions of the Peripheral Nervous System
A positive feedback loop.
Building a Client Base
Positioning the client
Testing the client’s ability to feel vibrations, the toe