Chapter 33: Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Coronary Syndrome Lewis: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 10th Edition

1. When developing a teaching plan for a 61-yr-old patient with multiple risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD), the nurse should focus primarily on the b. elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) level. 2. Which nursing intervention is likely to be most effective when assisting the patient with coronary artery disease to make appropriate dietary changes? b. Help the patient modify favorite high-fat recipes by using monounsaturated oils. 3. The nurse is admitting a patient who has chest pain. Which assessment data suggest that the pain is caused by an acute myocardial infarction (AMI)? b. The pain has lasted longer than 30 minutes. 4. Which information from a patient helps the nurse confirm the previous diagnosis of chronic stable angina? d. “The pain goes away after a nitroglycerin tablet.” 5. After the nurse has finished teaching a patient about the use of sublingual nitroglycerin (Nitrostat), which patient statement indicates that the teaching has been effective? d. “I will call an ambulance if I still have pain after taking three nitroglycerin 5 minutes apart.”