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Reduces hypertension - ✔✔What is the rationale for the use of ramipril in a symptomatic patient with
peripheral artery disease (PAD)?
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Reduces hypertension
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Reduces vasospastic attack
3
Lowers low-density lipoproteins
4
Slows growth rate of aneurysm
Contact the health care provider - ✔✔The nurse provides postoperative care to a patient who
underwent peripheral artery bypass surgery. Thirty minutes after the initial assessment, the nurse
reassesses the patient and detects a change in the Doppler sound over a pulse. What action should
the nurse take?
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Administer an oral anticoagulant
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Measure the ankle-brachial index
3
Prepare for surgical revascularization
4
Contact the health care provider
1.50 - ✔✔Which ankle-brachial index (ABI) value indicates noncompressible arteries?
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0.92
2
0.96
3
1.20
4
1.50
Answer 1,2,4,5 - ✔✔An ankle-brachial index (ABI) test was performed on a male patient who
presents with symptoms of peripheral artery disease (PAD). The test results include a classification of
PAD severity as 0.80 and an ABI of 1.2. The nurse expects that the patient's treatment plan will
include what interventions? Select all that apply.
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Advising the patient to maintain a body mass index (BMI) of less than 25 kg/m2
2
Advising the patient to exercise daily
3
Advising the patient to maintain a waist circumference of less than 45 inches
4
Administering an antiplatelet agent
5
Administering an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor
answer: Intermittent claudication - ✔✔The nurse is assessing a patient who has peripheral artery
disease (PAD). Which assessment finding is considered to be a classic symptom of lower extremity
PAD?
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Rest pain
2
Skin ulcerations
3
Intermittent claudication
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4
Paresthesia in the feet and toes
Answer: 1 - ✔✔A patient is diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), a venous ulcer,
peripheral artery disease (PAD), and an arterial stasis ulcer. The nurse determines that compression
stockings should not be placed on the patient based on what assessment finding?
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Rest pain
2
High blood pressure
3
Elevated blood sugar
4
Dry, itchy, flaky skin
Answer: 1 - ✔✔A patient's assessment findings include a waist circumference of 42 inches, current
tobacco use, hypertension, and a sedentary lifestyle. The nurse recognizes that which finding is the
most important risk factor for peripheral artery disease (PAD)?
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Tobacco use
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