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NCLEX Cardiac

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  • 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 are coumadin and heparin used for?






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






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






4. In What time period is the greatest risk of sudden death from an MI?






5. What disease can cause right sided heart failure?






6. What are the steps for infant 1&2 rescuer CPR?






7. What is the treatment for someone in ventricular fibrillation?






8. What should you teach your patient about MRI?






9. What are the two common complications of pericarditis?






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






11. What is impedance cardiography?






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






13. Test ending in Gram=?






14. For which heart sounds should the diaphragm be used?






15. What are the S&S of aortic dissection?






16. What do calcium channel blockers do?






17. What should you remember while taking care of someone with a peripheral arterial occlusion?






18. 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?






19. What should happen if someone converts to asystole/flatline?






20. How should you palpate the apical pulse?






21. What condition can cause left sided heart failure?






22. What is the treatment for atrial fibrillation?






23. For what disease should you do the Allen's test?

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24. What should you teach your patient about a holter monitor?

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25. What should you teach someone about iodine?






26. 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?






27. What is a nursing diagnosis for arterial occlusion? Tx






28. What SE should you look for with calcium channel blocker use?






29. What are general guidelines to be followed by a patient who has an implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)?






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






31. When should a patient call their doctor after having an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placed?






32. What is the necessary lab value to evaluate while a patient is on heparin? What is the normal value?






33. Where should you place your stethescope to find the pulmonic valve?






34. How is angina treated?

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35. Where do the internal jugular veins lie?






36. What are the S&S of air embolism?






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

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38. What is a therapeutic digoxin level?






39. What is cardiac tamponade? Common causes?






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






41. Where should you place your stethescope to find the ERB's Point?






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






43. What is epistaxis?






44. When should a patient call 911 after having an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placed?






45. What does the device for impedance cardiography consist of?






46. Where is the pulmonic valve landmark on the chest?






47. What will be the treatment for an acute episode of life threatening tamponade?






48. What does a swan ganz measure?






49. What is angina? Stable vs. unstable?

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50. What should you not allow if a patient has a negative Allen's test?