ADVANCED CONCEPTS A patient with heart failure reports a 5 lb weight gain during the past week and episodes of feeling more short of breath. What is your best response?

ADVANCED CONCEPTS A patient’s heart rate is regular at 68 beats/min. The electrocardiogram (ECG) tracing shows P waves before every QRS complex. What is the likely pacemaker of the heart?

ADVANCED CONCEPTS Which safety precaution should be taught to a patient going home on any antihypertensive drug for heart failure?

ADVANCED CONCEPTS Which condition alerts you to assess a patient for worsening heart failure?

ADVANCED CONCEPTS A patient has been discontinued from warfarin (Coumadin) therapy for 3 weeks. Which laboratory test indicates that all effects of the warfarin have been eliminated?

BASIC CONCEPTS What problem is usually caused by high blood lipid levels?

ADVANCED CONCEPTS A patient with heart failure is prescribed digoxin (Lanoxin). The patient reports nausea, blurry vision, and feeling like the heart is skipping beats. What is your best action?

BASIC CONCEPTS Which term means high blood pressure from no known cause?

BASIC CONCEPTS What condition is a major cause of long-term high blood pressure?

BASIC CONCEPTS What cardiac dysrhythmia can be helped or corrected by the drug atropine?