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Lesson 1 · ESOL Vocabulary
Cardiac Assessment Words
Today's word
Diaphoretic
/ˌdaɪ.ə.fəˈret.ɪk/ · adjective
Plain English: sweating heavily — especially the cold, clammy kind that signals pain, fever, low blood sugar, or a cardiac event.
What you'll actually say at the bedside
"Mr. Chen is pale and diaphoretic, complaining of substernal chest pressure radiating to his left arm."
"Patient became acutely diaphoretic following 0.4 mg sublingual nitroglycerin — BP now 88/52."
ESOL Pro Tip
English speakers often shorten this to "diaphoresing" as a verb in shift report ("she's diaphoresing"). Both forms are correct — pick one and stay consistent inside the same sentence.
Often confused with
Dyspneic — short of breath. Different meaning, similar Greek root.
NCLEX clue
"Diaphoretic" + chest pain = think cardiac first.
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Pick an answer below. Every option you'd see on the real NCLEX, explained the way a patient teacher would explain it.
A nurse is caring for a client with heart failure who has gained 2 kg in 24 hours. Which action should the nurse take first?
The yellow word is a key word — the NCLEX uses it to tell you to pick the highest-priority action.
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