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A primary prevention for reducing a female patient’s risk of developing coronary heart disease is to:

Excessive alcohol use while on warfarin (Coumadin) therapy leads to:

While a cardiac/vascular nurse preceptor is orienting a graduate nurse on the telemetry unit, a patient experiences cardiac arrest. Which action by the preceptor, during the emergency cardiac care procedure, facilitates the graduate nurse’s competence and professional development?

A patient is admitted to the hospital for a carotid angiogram with stent placement. The patient’s spouse states: “I don’t want my spouse to find out there is a risk of a stroke connected with this procedure, because he or…

A patient who is recovering from a myocardial infarction may benefit from meditation, because this technique:

A 70-year-old patient with cardiovascular disease attends group classes on disease process, medications, exercise, nutrition, and stress management. To promote optimal and effective learning, the cardiac/vascular nurse uses which teaching strategy?

A patient who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery demonstrates effective understanding of discharge teaching by:

During a clinic appointment, a patient states, “I came in because my calcium score was positive on my electron-beam computed tomography scan last week.” In which section of the patient assessment does the cardiac/vascular nurse document this finding?

During a clinic appointment, a patient states, “I came in because my calcium score was positive on my electron-beam computed tomography scan last week.” In which section of the patient assessment does the cardiac/vascular nurse document this finding?