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Which prosthetic valve is being sampled?   

Your patient is in the ICU with SUDDEN shortness of breath, there is concern for pulmonary edema. You begin scanning and see severe regurgitation. What would we expect the left atrium to look like and why?

Using the information provided below, what is aortic valve area?   LVOT Diameter: 1.7 cm LVOT VTI: 20 cm/s AV VTI: 294 cm/s  

Based on the image below, what direction would the jet be directed in the setting of mitral valve prolapse?

If the patients pulmonic valve annulus and trunk are excised and relocated to the aortic position, they have a(n)______________

Chronic mitral regurgitation can lead to which of the following?

A postpartum nurse is caring for a patient who experienced a stillbirth at 38 weeks gestation. The patient states, “I don’t know how I am supposed to go home without my baby.” Which of the following responses by the nurse demonstrates therapeutic communication?

A patient is in early labor, her cervical exam is 1cm/50%/-2. She is exhausted and complains of being up all night with cramping and irregular contractions. As the nurse, what pain management options would be most reasonable at this stage in labor for the patient?

You are palpating the fundus of a patient 2 hours postpartum who had an epidural. You note the uterus is displaced from midline. Bleeding has increased slightly in the last 30 minutes. What is most appropriate action by the nurse?

You are the nurse caring for a 36-year-old pregnant patient, G1P000 at 39w2d who is 10cm dilated with contractions every 2-3 minutes. She is receiving Pitocin for an induction of labor and has begun pushing. You note the following fetal heart rate tracing: How would you classify the fetal heart rate decelerations?