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A nurse expects that a client with right-sided heart failure will exhibit which of these signs or symptoms?

Which serum laboratory values in a client with urinary problems may indicate the risk of developing muscle weakness and cardiac arrhythmias?

How can the nurse best describe heart failure to a client?

An older client who has had multiple hospital admissions for recurring heart failure is returned to the hospital by an adult child. The client is admitted for observation to the coronary care unit and calmly states, “I know I’m sick, but I can really take care of myself at home.” What should the nurse conclude that the client most likely is attempting to do?

A client who develops heart failure has a serum potassium level of 2.3 mEq/L (2.3 mmol/L). Digoxin and potassium chloride are prescribed. What action should the nurse take?

A client with a history of cirrhosis of the liver develops heart failure. When ventricular bigeminy develops, the provider orders lidocaine. What alterations in lidocaine dosages does the nurse anticipate?

The family of a client with right ventricular heart failure expresses concern about the client’s increasing abdominal girth. What physiologic change should the nurse consider when explaining the client’s condition?

The nurse is assessing a client with the diagnosis of chronic heart failure. Which clinical finding should the nurse expect the client to experience?

A client is taking furosemide and digoxin for heart failure. Why does the nurse advise the client to drink a glass of orange juice every day?

A client with a history of heart failure is experiencing dyspnea with a respiratory rate of 32. Crackles are noted bilaterally. The client is in Sims position, receiving oxygen at 2 L/min via nasal cannula. Which action should the nurse take first?