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30. A nurse is reviewing the laboratory values for a client who takes spironolactone and notes that the client’s serum potassium level is 6.8 mEq/L. The nurse notifies the healthcare provider and anticipates that the provider will provide which prescription?

26. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who takes furosemide and has a serum potassium level of 3.1 mEq/L. Which foods should the nurse instruct the client to include in their diet?  

34. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has a new diagnosis of angina pectoris. What education about angina should the nurse include in the teaching?

43. A client is wearing a continuous cardiac monitor which begins to alarm at the nurse’s station.  The nurse sees this cardiac rhythm.  The nurse should do which first?

16. A client with heart failure is experiencing acute shortness of breath. What is the nurse’s priority action?

24. The nurse is caring for a client with newly diagnosed hypertension. What statement, by the client, indicates understanding of their dietary restrictions?

10. The nurse is teaching a client about newly prescribed sublingual nitroglycerin to use for chest pain. Which statement indicates the client needs further teaching?

1. A client is scheduled for coronary artery bypass surgery in the morning and is crying. What is the most appropriate response by the nurse?

42. A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with a client who was recently diagnosed with heart failure. Which statement should the nurse include in the teaching?

21. A nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and has been taking digoxin 0.25 mg daily. The client refuses breakfast and reports nausea. Which action should the nurse take first?