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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 you tell a patient who developed a hematoma in the hospital and is being discharged?






2. 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?






3. Test ending in Gram=?






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






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






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 is the treatment for atrial fibrillation?






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






9. What are the nursing interventions for a pt. with ventricular tachycardia?






10. What is superior vena cava syndrome?






11. What usually triggers angina pain?






12. What are the steps for adult 2 rescuer CPR?






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






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






15. Where is the right ventricle landmark on the chest?






16. What things should you do to assess cardiovascular status?






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






18. What should you teach someone after they have had a pacemaker placed?

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19. What are the signs and symptoms of left sided HF?






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






21. What is a transthoracic echocardiograph (TTE)?






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






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






24. What does an Allen's test determine?






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






26. Where do the internal jugular veins lie?






27. What should you do immediately if you suspect someone of developing a hematoma?






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






29. What lab value is used to evaluate a patient on coumadin? What is the normal value?






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






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






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






33. What is the antidote for coumadin?






34. What should the plan of care include for a diagnosis of activity intolerance r/t right sided HF?






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






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






37. What should you do immediately for someone experiencing anticoagulant induced epistaxis?






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






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






40. If a victim is choking but can cough - speak - or breath what should you do?

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41. What is more harmful a lot of little emboli or one large emboli?






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






43. What is characteristic of complete heart block?






44. What should you do if the PTT value is 80 for someone on heparin?






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






46. What should you teach your patient about MRI?






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






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






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






50. What is an acute peripheral arterial occlusion?