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The nurse is caring for a client who is admitted with the diagnosis of mild heart failure. Which type of lung sounds should the nurse expect to hear?

A client who develops heart failure has a serum potassium level of 2.3 mEq/L (2.3 mmol/L). Digoxin and potassium chloride are prescribed. What action should the nurse take?

A client with heart failure has anxiety. Which effect of anxiety makes it particularly important for the nurse to reduce the anxiety of this client?

A nurse is obtaining a health history on a client admitted to the hospital with heart failure. Which assessment finding will the nurse expect the client to report?

A nurse expects that a client with right-sided heart failure will exhibit which of these signs or symptoms?

How can the nurse best describe heart failure to a client?

Which serum laboratory values in a client with urinary problems may indicate the risk of developing muscle weakness and cardiac arrhythmias?

A client with congestive heart failure is receiving intravenous digoxin (Cardoxin) therapy. The registered nurse identifies that which items on the client’s care plan are appropriate for a licensed practical nurse (LPN) to perform? Select all that apply.

An older client who has had multiple hospital admissions for recurring heart failure is returned to the hospital by an adult child. The client is admitted for observation to the coronary care unit and calmly states, “I know I’m sick, but I can really take care of myself at home.” What should the nurse conclude that the client most likely is attempting to do?

A client with a history of cirrhosis of the liver develops heart failure. When ventricular bigeminy develops, the provider orders lidocaine. What alterations in lidocaine dosages does the nurse anticipate?