Priority Decision: A patient is hospitalized after a successful resuscitation of an episode of sudden cardiac death (SCD). During the care of the patient, what nursing intervention is most important?

Priority Decision: A patient is hospitalized after a successful resuscitation of an episode of sudden cardiac death (SCD). During the care of the patient, what nursing intervention is most important?

Receiving a report that Mr. K.'s prothrombin time (PT) is 4-4.5 times normal, your nursing action would be to

When teaching about methyldopa, it is important for the patient to know that it

If Mrs. Payer's pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) is rising above normal values, this would indicate

Clients taking diuretics for chronic congestive heart failure need to be taught to report