Question

The nurse is providing child and family education prior to discharge following a cardiac catheterization. The nurse is teaching about signs and symptoms of complications. Which statement by the mother indicates a need for further teaching?a) "The feeling of the heart skipping a beat is common."

b) "Strenuous activity should be limited for the next 3 days."
c) "We need to avoid a tub bath for the next 3 days."
d) "We need to watch for changes in skin color or difficulty breathing."

Answer 1

A. The feeling of the heart skipping a beat is common

Step-by-step explanation:

Cardiac catheterization is the process of checking and evaluating the way the heart function which inturn help to diagnose

a condition called cardiovascular.

This statement by mother "The feeling of the heart skipping a beat is common" simply indicate that a further teaching by the nurse is required because heart skipping is the feeling that a person heart is beating too hard or too fast which cannot be detected by guessing but through Cardiac catheterization in which a catheter is inserted into the blood vessel that leads to the heart which helps to examine the way the heart beat which is why the mother will need further teaching by the nurse.