While Caring for a Patient Admitted with Chest Pain, the Nurse

question 29

Multiple Choice

While caring for a patient admitted with chest pain, the nurse recognizes that what factor places the patient at the highest risk for heart disease?

• A) overweight and carries the weight around the waist
• B) mother died at age 70 of an acute myocardial infarction
• C) a single mother of four young children with a low income
• D) has a desk job and works long hours

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Definitions:

Nursing Care Facility

A place of residence for individuals who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living.

Assessing Clients

The process of evaluating the needs, conditions, and circumstances of clients, typically in a healthcare, social work, or coaching context to provide appropriate services or interventions.

Cognitive Awareness

The understanding and perception of one's own thought processes and the ability to be conscious of them.