A nurse is preparing to perform a cardiac assessment on a client with heart disease and reflects on the movement of blood through the cardiovascular system. Which sequence is the correct pathway for blood flow through the heart?

When caring for a client with a potassium imbalance, the nurse prioritizes assessment of which body system?

The nurse is caring for a patient who has a history of heart disease.  What factor should the nurse identify as possibly contributing to a decrease in cardiac output?

Within the physiology of the heart, each chamber has a particular role in maintaining cellular oxygenation. Which chamber of the heart is responsible for pumping blood to all the cells and tissues of the body?

The nurse instructor is teaching a group of student nurses regarding the various layers of the heart. Which statements will the nurse include?

A group of student nurses is studying the role of fluid balance in the human body. Which body fluid is the fluid makes up the majority of fluid found in the body?

Which clinical manifestation would lead the nurse to suspect a client has developed fluid volume excess?

The cardiac care nurse is reviewing the conduction system of the heart. The nurse is aware that electrical conduction of the heart usually originates in the SA node and then proceeds in what sequence?  

Which of these elements would you expect to have the highest electronegativity?

Most of the mass of an atom is contained within: