2024 Med-Surg Cardiovascular Exam Questions and Answers Included

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1. A client receiving cholestyramine (Questran) for hyperlipidemia should be evaluated for what vitamin deficiency? ANSWER: K Feedback: Clients should be monitored for an increased prothrombin tim... e and prolonged bleeding times which would alert the nurse to a vitamin K deficiency. These drugs reduce absorption of the fat soluble (lipid) vitamins A, D, E, and K. 2. Based on the analysis of the client's atrial fibrillation, the nurse should prepare the client for which treatment protocol? ANSWER: Anticoagulation therapy. Feedback: The client is experiencing atrial fibrillation, and the nurse should prepare the client for anticoagulation therapy (C) which should be prescribed before rhythm control therapies to prevent cardioembolic events which result from blood pooling in the fibrillating atria 3. A client with a 16-year history of diabetes mellitus is having renal function tests because of recent fatigue, weakness, elevated blood urea nitrogen, and serum creatinine levels. Which finding should the nurse conclude as an early symptom of renal insufficiency? ANSWER: Nocturia [Show More]

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