GNRS 555 EXAM 3 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM

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GNRS 555 EXAM 3 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM

COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)

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When developing a health teaching plan for a 60-year-old man with the following risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD), the nurse should focus on the

• family history of coronary artery disease.

• increased risk associated with the patient's male sex.

• high incidence of cardiovascular disease in older people.

• elevation of the patient's serum low density lipoprotein (LDL)

level.

• elevation of the patient's serum low density lipoprotein (LDL)

level.

Rationale: Serum LDL is the only modifiable risk factor. 1 / 4

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We have an expert-written solution to this problem!Which information collected by the nurse who is admitting a patient with chest pain suggests that the pain is caused by an acute myocardial infarction (AMI)?

a) The pain increases with deep breathing.

b) The pain has persisted longer than 30 minutes.

c) The pain worsens when the patient raises the arms.

d) The pain is relieved after the patient takes nitroglycerin.

b) The pain has persisted longer than 30 minutes.

Rationale: Cardiac chest pain lasting longer than 30 minutes and

not relieved by rest or use of nitroglycerin could be indicative of AMI.

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Which information given by a patient admitted with stable angina will help the nurse confirm this diagnosis?

a) The patient rates the pain at a level 3 to 5 (0 to 10 scale).

b) The patient states that the pain "wakes me up at night."

c) The patient says that the frequency of the pain has increased

over the last few weeks.

d) The patient states that the pain is resolved after taking one

sublingual nitroglycerin tablet.

d) The patient states that the pain is resolved after taking one

sublingual nitroglycerin tablet.

Rationale: Chronic stable angina refers to chest pain that occurs

intermittently over long period of time with similar pattern of onset, duration, and intensity of symptoms. The pain of chronic stable angina usually lasts only for a few minutes before subsiding with rest, calming down, or use of sublingual nitroglycerin (NTG)

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After the nurse has finished teaching a patient about use of sublingual nitroglycerin (Nitrostat), which patient statement indicates that the teaching has been EFFECTIVE?

• "I can expect indigestion as a side effect of nitroglycerin."

• "I can only take the nitroglycerin if I start to have chest pain."

• "I will call an ambulance if I still have pain 5 minutes after

taking the nitroglycerin."

• "I will help slow down the progress of the plaque formation

by taking nitroglycerin."

• "I will call an ambulance if I still have pain 5 minutes after

taking the nitroglycerin."

Rationale: Chest pain that continues after use of NTG may

indicate a change to acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

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