A client returns to the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit following a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). In planning the client's care, the most important electrolyte to monitor is:

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Classic symptoms of a heart attack include a heaviness or squeezing pain in the chest, pain spreading to the jaw, neck, and arm. Nausea and vomiting, sweating, and shortness of breath may also be present. However, the client does not exhibit these symptoms. Clients suffering from anxiety or fear prior to surgical procedures may develop hyperventilation. This client is not seeking attention. Symptoms of complete airway obstruction include not being able to speak, lack of airflow between the nose and mouth, and absent breath sounds. A tightness in the chest, feelings of suffocation, light-headedness, tingling in the hands, and rapid deep respirations are signs and symptoms of hyperventilation, which is almost always a manifestation of anxiety.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: A preoperative assessment should include the patient's history, but the focus should be particularly on his expectations of this particular hospitalization. Knowledge about whether he received his childhood immunizations is important, but his reactions to those, even if he knows what they were, is not the most important information to gain today. The type of diet he's on is good information, but again not the most important information listed here. It is vital to determine the patient's expectations of his surgery, in order to correct any misperceptions he may have about the outcome, or reason, for this invasive treatment.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.