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 .

Which finding by the nurse assessing a patient with acute pericarditis should be reported immediately to the health care provider?

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?

Diltiazem (Cardizem) is prescribed for a patient with newly diagnosed Prinzmetal’s (variant) angina. Which action of diltiazem is accurate for the nurse to include in the teaching plan?

A person’s right to make his or her own decision is known as .  

The nurse who works in the vascular clinic has several patients with venous insufficiency. Which patient should the nurse assign to an experienced licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/VN)?

What term best denotes health information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one healthcare organization?

A patient who was admitted with a myocardial infarction has a 45-second episode of ventricular tachycardia, then converts to sinus rhythm with a heart rate of 98 beats/min. Which action should the nurse take next?