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NCLEX Cardiac

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






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






3. A femoral artery compression device ______be assigned to an NA?






4. What should you explain to the patient about an impedance cardiography test?






5. Where should you place your stethescope to find the tricuspid valve?






6. What is an air embolism?






7. When should bleeding precautions be implemented?






8. What should you tell someone about taking nitroglycerin tablets (SE)?






9. What is the nursing care associated with chemical stress tests (persantine stress test)?






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






11. What makes the symptoms of superior vena cava syndrome better? Worse?






12. What is the treatment for premature ventricular contractions?






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






14. If 2 liters of fluid is left in the pericardial sac (cardiac tamponade) and goes untreated what could it cause?






15. Where should you place your stethescope to find the aortic valve?






16. What is CVP? Normal?






17. What is important to remember when taking care of patients with compression devices?






18. What is pericarditis?






19. What is an acute peripheral arterial occlusion?






20. What are coumadin and heparin used for?






21. What does plan of care include?






22. What should a patient do if they feel chest pain or discomfort?






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






24. What are the S&S of cardiac tamponade?






25. What should you do if the PT value is 45 sec?






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






27. Which jugular veins give a more accurate estimate of the jugular vein pressure and pressure in the right atrium?






28. What are the four types of pulmonary emboli?






29. 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?






30. What is labile hypertension?






31. What should you teach someone about iodine?






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






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






34. What does vasotec (Enalapril Maleate) do/SE?






35. What are the steps to perform the heimlich maneuver?






36. What is an aortic dissection?

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37. What factors place you at risk for HTN?






38. In what locations should you not place electrodes?






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






40. What are common risk factors for an MI?






41. What is the goal of treatment for an MI? Treatment?






42. What is impedance cardiography?






43. How is the Allen's test done?






44. What should be done immediately if a pulmonary embolism is suspected?






45. What is the correct way to insert an oropharyngeal airway?






46. What are examples of calcium channel blockers?






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






48. What nursing interventions are associated with a pt. experiencing ventricular fibrillation?






49. During an Allen's test don't compress one artery _____ the other.






50. What is cardioversion?

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