When teaching a group of parents about the skeletal development in children, what information is most helpful?

Why is the bubble study used during a TEE

What is an indication for a TEE?

A patient in the cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVICU), will be going to the Cath lab at 1 pm that day. During morning rounds that patient ask why nutrition did not come to get herbreakfast order. How should the nurse respond?

What can elevated right atrial pressure indicate?

An ICU patient feels very cold. The patient has weak pulses and delayed capillary refill in fingers. What is most the likely cause of these vascular findings?

A 37 year-old male in in the ICU after presenting to the emergency department with a pulsating sensation in the abdomen, and back pain. The attending physician suspects that thepatient may have abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). What diagnostic test should the nurse  expect to receive.

During the insertion of a Swan-Ganz catheter, the catheter is advanced through the right atrium, right ventricle and pulmonary artery. What is the correct term for the pressure measured in the pulmonary artery using the catheter?

Which of the following is NOT a potential risk or complication associated with angiograms? 

An ICU patient has been sedated and on a vent for 6 days. The nurse who is caring for the patient noticed the left leg to be cold to the touch, and two toes were purple/black. When theattending physician ordered an angiogram, what might the diagnosis be?