The nurse is caring for a patient with aortic stenosis. Which assessment data would be most important to report to the health care provider?

Which actions for a patient at risk for venous thromboembolism could the nurse delegate to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?

Chapter 4:   What is a legal hold?

While admitting an 82-yr-old patient with acute decompensated heart failure to the hospital, the nurse learns that the patient lives alone and sometimes confuses the “water pill” with the “heart pill.” What should the nurse include in the discharge plan?

Which action by the patient with newly diagnosed Raynaud’s phenomenon best demonstrates that the nurse’s teaching about managing the condition has been effective?

A patient with a history of hypertension treated with a diuretic and an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor arrives in the emergency department. The patient reports a severe headache and nausea and has a blood pressure (BP) of 238/118 mm Hg. Which question should the nurse ask to follow up on these findings?

When a patient record is composed of paper documents and electronically stored information from numerous clinical systems such as lab, radiology, pharmacy, and nursing, it is referred to as what type of record? 

A 19-year-old student comes to the student health center at the end of the semester stating, “My heart is skipping beats.” An electrocardiogram (ECG) shows occasional unifocal premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). What action should the nurse take next?

Please share four (4) things that have surprised you about the course material thus far.

The acronym PHI stands for .