Stand Alone Cardio Welcome to your Stand Alone Cardio 1. The nurse is caring for a client who had open heart surgery 2 hours ago. Which of the following assessment findings should be reported to the cardiac surgeon immediately? Temperature 101 ° F Client is restless and fighting the ventilator Urine output is 90cc since arrival from the OR Chest tube output has suddenly stopped None 2. After a myocardial infarction, the client becomes tachycardic, tachypneic, and hypotensive. The nurse assesses the client and finds no jugular vein distension. The nurse identifies these changes in vital signs as which of the following complications? Pleural effusion Cardiogenic shock cardiac tamponade aortic regurgitation None 3. The nurse is caring for a client with a thoracic aortic aneurysm. Which of the following assessment findings may indicate that the anerysm has ruptured? Select 4 choices that apply. Hypotensive and diaphoretic Severe chest pain that radiates to the back Blood pressure 70/50 Client is in respiratory distress A pulsating mass in the mid to upper abdomen 4. The nurse is caring for a client who had an abdominal aortic anerysm repair. Which of the following is the nurse's priority? Update the wife Draw admission labs Assess pedal pulses Document pain level None 5. The nurse is assessing a client with Raynaud's disease. Which of the following medications does the nurse expect to be part of the client's medication list? Hydrocortisone A calcium channel blocker An ACE inhibitor A beta blocker None 1 out of 5 Time's up
