(^82) Medical-Surgical Nursing Demystified
WHAT TO DO?
- Clamp the sensor on the patient’s finger over the nail bed, toe, ear lobe, or
bridge of the nose. - Make sure that the site is clean. Nail polish or artificial nails may interfere
with the reading.
Quiz
- You are diagnosed with an aortic aneurysm and ask why the condition
didn’t show up on your annual physical examination. The best response is:
(a) It did show and your physician did not want to alarm you.
(b) Aortic aneurysms are asymptomatic.
(c) You probably don’t remember that your physician told you about your
condition.
(d) Aortic aneurysms are always symptomatic. - Your patient tells you that he sometimes has chest pains when he performs
strenuous work. He sits waiting for his physician to call back and the pain
goes away. What is the best explanation of his condition?
(a) He is experiencing stable angina.
(b) He is experiencing indigestion.
(c) He is experiencing unstable angina.
(d) He is experiencing Prinzmetal’s angina. - The patient is experiencing chest pain and pain radiating to his arms, jaw
and back. His physician diagnosed his condition as a myocardial infarction.
The patient asks what happened to him. The best response is:
(a) You had a heart attack.
(b) Your aortic valve was malformed at birth causing a disruption in blood
flow.
(c) All patients who are as overweight as you will have a heart attack.
(d) One or more arteries that supply blood to your heart is blocked, thereby
preventing blood from flowing to your cardiac muscles. - A patient diagnosed with congestive heart failure asks you why fluid accu-
mulates in his lungs. The best response is: