The nurse planning care for the patient with left-sided heart failure understands that treatment centers around which treatment goal?
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The patient presents to the emergency department (ED) stating, “I started getting this terrible pressure in my chest after mowing the lawn. I just know I’m having a heart attack.” Following testing, the patient is diagnosed with angina pectoris. The patient asks, “If I didn’t have a heart attack, why did I have such bad chest pain?” Which response is appropriate?
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The patient who experiences frequent episodes of atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia (AVNRT) that do not cause hemodynamic compromise is being discharged. The nurse is supervising the student nurse providing discharge teaching to the patient. Which method for self-treatment of AVNRT, if taught by the student nurse, would prompt the nurse to intervene immediately?
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