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The nurse is assessing a patient with chronic left sided heart failure. Which abnormal chest sound should the nurse expect to auscultate?

Which of the following conditions often result in coronary heart disease?

A patient is scheduled for a pericardiocentesis. Which health problem is the patient likely experiencing?

A telemetry nurse is caring for a patient admitted after an acute myocardial infarction.  The nurse monitors the patient closely because they have an increased risk for which condition up to two weeks after the event?

Which of the following classes of medication protects the ischemic myocardium by blocking catecholamines (norepinephrine and epinephrine) and sympathetic nerve stimulation?

The heart works independently as the only organ in the circulatory system. 

A patient has returned to the cardiac care unit after having a permanent pacemaker implantation. For which potential complication should the nurse most closely assess in this patient?

A patient is admitted with acute heart failure. The nurse recognizes that this condition is associated with an abrupt onset of which health problems?

A nurse is educating a patient on their most recent lab results. When discussing the lipid panel, the nurse will state that this lipoprotein is often referred to as the ‘good cholesterol’ and works to attract cholesterol and return it from the peripheral tissues to the liver. 

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