Question 1
What should the nurse use to measure the contractility of the left side of a patient's heart?
◦ Left ventricular stroke work index
◦ Systemic vascular resistance
◦ Pulmonary artery wedge pressure
◦ Left atrial pressure
Question 2
Which nursing intervention ensures an accurate cardiac output reading for a patient?
◦ Ensure that there is a difference of 10°C between the injectate temperature and the patient's body temperature.
◦ Administer the injectate within 4 seconds.
◦ Use 5 cc of iced saline as the injectate.
◦ Inject the fluid into the pulmonary artery distal port.