Cardiovascular system: A nurse is preparing educational materials for a group of older adults regarding cardiac.

A nurse is preparing educational materials for a group of older adults regarding cardiac function and health promotion.

1. What structures should the nurse include in the patient’s education information?
2. What information concerning the conduction system of the heart will the nurse include in the information?
3. How will the nurse discuss risk factors for coronary heart disease?
4. Describe the information that will be included in the discussion of risk reduction and health promotion strategies to minimize the risk of coronary heart disease.

The Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System

1. A nurse is preparing to discharge an adult patient who has a history of peripheral vascular disease. In order to minimize the patient’s risk for injury related to this diagnosis, the nurse plans to educate both the patient and his family to strategies that are directed toward identifying and minimizing the risks for peripheral artery disease, chronic venous stasis, and thromboembolic disease.

What strategies should the nurse include in the patient’s education information?

2. A patient has arrived at the vascular clinic complaining of severe lower leg pain to the point that they can barely walk 10 ft without needing to stop and rest. The health care practitioner suspects arterial insufficiency.

Which assessment findings correlate to advanced arterial insufficiency and not venous insufficiency?