When Admitting a Patient for a Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary

question 17

Multiple Choice

When admitting a patient for a cardiac catheterization and coronary angiogram,which information about the patient is most important for the nurse to communicate to the health care provider?

• A) The patient's pedal pulses are +1.
• B) The patient is allergic to shellfish.
• C) The patient had a heart attack a year ago.
• D) The patient has not eaten anything today.

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Definitions:

Energy Expended

The total amount of calories burned by the body during physical activity or metabolic processes.

Heat

The form of energy that is transferred between systems or objects with different temperatures (moving from high to low temperature).

Anabolic Reactions

Biochemical processes in cells that synthesize complex molecules from simpler ones, requiring energy, and crucial for growth, repair, and storage.

Catabolic Reactions

Catabolic Reactions are metabolic processes that break down molecules into smaller units, releasing energy stored in chemical bonds.