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The life support system that uses special techniques, ventilation equipment, and therapies for emergency situations is
Correct Answer: advanced cardiac life support (ACLS)
Rationale: ACLS is a life support system that uses special techniques, ventilation equipment, and therapies for emergency situations.
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The nurse caring for a 92-year-old patient with pneumonia who is receiving IV carefully monitors the flow rate of the IV infusion because rapid infusion can cause which disorder?
- A. hypotension.
- B. thrombophlebitis.
- C. pulmonary emboli.
- D. heart failure.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Heart failure can result from rapid infusion of intravenous fluids in older adults.
A patient with unstable angina should be provided with instructions to avoid which activity?
- A. Walking outside
- B. Eating red meat
- C. Swimming in warm pool
- D. Shoveling snow
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The person with angina should be instructed to avoid exposure to cold, heavy exercise, eating heavy meals, and emotional stress.
The nurse assessing a cardiac monitor notes that the cardiac complexes each have a P wave followed by a QRS and a T. The rate is 120. The nurse recognizes this as which arrhythmia?
- A. sinus bradycardia.
- B. atrial fibrillation.
- C. sinus tachycardia.
- D. ventricular tachycardia.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Sinus tachycardia has a P wave followed by the QRS and the T. All the components of the complex are present and in the correct order, but the rate is over 100 beats/min.
A 70 year female patient arrives to the emergency department, reporting nausea, vomiting, fatigue and abdominal discomfort. The health care provider requests myocardial infarction (MI) protocols to begin. For which reason is this protocol beginning?
- A. The provider is concerned a lawsuit could occur due to missed diagnosis.
- B. Women tend to have less classic symptoms of a myocardial infarction.
- C. Women are more likely to die from breast or cervical cancer than an MI.
- D. The troponin I level is not as accurate for females as it is in male patients.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Women experiencing an MI tend to experience symptoms that are unrelated to chest pain: nausea, vomiting, fatigue, indigestion, shortness of breath, and upper back or abdominal discomfort.
The nurse is aware that the symptoms of an impending myocardial infarction (MI) differ in women because acute chest pain is not present. Women are frequently misdiagnosed as having which disorder?
- A. hepatitis A.
- B. indigestion.
- C. urinary infection.
- D. menopausal complications.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Indigestion, gallbladder attack, anxiety attack, and depression are frequent misdiagnoses for women having an MI.