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NCLEX Cardiac

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What should be done for someone on bleeding precautions?






2. What places someone at risk for an aortic dissection?






3. What should be done during the insertion of both a CVP catheter and a swan ganz catheter?






4. What is a transthoracic echocardiograph (TTE)?






5. What should you observe for in someone on bleeding precautions?






6. What is you see an NA placing cardiac monitor electrodes on a patient. She is placing (-) on the left and (+) on the right what should you do?






7. What should be done immediately for someone with PE?






8. What should you do frequently for someone with a central line to help prevent pulmonary emboli?






9. What should be done is a patient on anticoagulants suffers from epistaxis for more than 15 mins?






10. What should you do when applying a femoral artery compression device?






11. Where is the aortic valve landmark on the chest?






12. When should bleeding precautions be implemented?






13. What should you teach your patient about an electrocardiogram (ECG)?






14. What would make someone more at risk for digoxin toxicity?






15. What should you teach your patient about angiography (arteriography)?






16. What should you teach your patient about an abdominal ultrasonography?






17. Which type of patient shouldn't take nitrates?






18. What does plan of care include?






19. What is the treatment for myocardial infarction?






20. What should be taught upon discharge for someone going home on coumadin as a result of a PE?






21. What can result from left sided heart failure if left untreated?






22. What does a swan ganz measure?






23. What should you suspect for someone who post cardiac cath and percutaneous coronary intervention reporting feeling a pop in her left groin followed by a saturated dressing - swelling around site - palpable 2 inch fullness - and a bruit is present?






24. What are the five areas for listening to the heart?

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25. What are signs and symptoms of an MI?






26. What is the most common cause of arterial insufficiency?






27. What is characteristic of atrial fibrillation?






28. What factors place you at risk for HTN?






29. When should you be concerned about premature ventricular contraction?






30. Where should you place your stethescope to find the mitral (apex) valve?






31. What are the steps for adult/child 1 rescuer CPR?






32. How does the blood flow through the heart? (valves?)






33. What should you watch for with PICC lines that have been in place for 6 months?






34. What is a good diagnosis for someone with right sided HF?






35. Test ending in Gram=?






36. What could happen without immediate intervention for a hematoma?






37. What is an air embolism?






38. What should you do if you are going to ventilate someone with an ambu bag?






39. What are the S&S of superior vena cava syndrome?






40. What is a major complication of central line placement?






41. What is the normal value for arterial pulse? Pulse amplitude? Edema? Reflex?






42. How should you palpate the carotid arteries?






43. What are common risk factors for an MI?






44. What does an Allen's test determine?






45. What is Raynauds disease? Tx?






46. What drugs are most commonly used for angina?






47. When would a nurse use an external femoral artery compression device?






48. What is cardioversion?

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49. What activity should a patient with pericarditis - who is undergoing treatment - be allowed?






50. What are the nursing interventions for a patient with premature ventricular contractions?