When the nurse is monitoring a patient who is undergoing exercise (stress) testing on a treadmill, which assessment finding requires the most rapid action by the nurse?
a. Patient complaint of feeling tired
b. Pulse change from 87 to 101 beats/minute
c. Blood pressure (BP) increase from 134/68 to 150/80 mm Hg
d. Newly inverted T waves on the electro-cardiogram
Question 2Which information obtained by the nurse who is admitting the patient for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) will be most important to report to the health care provider before the MRI?
a. The patient has an allergy to shellfish.
b. The patient has a history of atherosclero-sis.
c. The patient has a permanent ventricular pacemaker.
d. The patient took all the prescribed cardiac medications today.
Question 3Which action will the nurse implement for a patient who arrives for a calcium-scoring CT scan?
a. Insert an IV catheter.
b. Administer oral sedative medications.
c. Teach the patient about the procedure.
d. Confirm that the patient has been fasting.
Question 4A registered nurse (RN) is observing a student nurse who is doing a physical assessment on a pa-tient. The RN will need to intervene immediately if the student nurse
a. presses on the skin over the tibia for 10 seconds to check for edema.
b. palpates both carotid arteries simultane-ously to compare pulse quality.
c. documents a murmur heard along the right sternal border as a pulmonic murmur.
d. places the patient in the left lateral posi-tion to check for the point of maximal impulse.
Question 5The nurse hears a murmur between the S1 and S2 heart sounds at the patient's left fifth inter-costal space and midclavicular line. How will the nurse record this information?
a. Systolic murmur heard at mitral area
b. Systolic murmur heard at Erb's point
c. Diastolic murmur heard at aortic area
d. Diastolic murmur heard at the point of maximal impulse
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