Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 93%
Simulated
Passage / Scenario
History and PhysicalNurses' Notes
Vital Signs
Diagnostic Results
1000:
Client reports after eating breakfast this morning at 0630 that they began feeling tightness in chest that radiates to left arm. History:
Hyperlipidemia, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus. Non-smoker. Denies use of alcohol or recreational drug use.
A nurse is admitting a client who reports tightness in their chest that radiates to left arm. Complete the following sentence by using the lists of options. The nurse should first address the client's... followed by the client's.
Correct answer
B,D
Rationale
Pain level is the priority, followed by ECG to assess for cardiac ischemia.