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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 the S&S of superior vena cava syndrome?






2. What disease can cause right sided heart failure?






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






4. What does plan of care include?






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






6. What are the nursing interventions for a patient in atrial fibrillation?






7. What usually triggers angina pain?






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






9. What is an aortic dissection?


10. What should you do if the patient you are applying cardiac monitor electrodes to is hairy?






11. How long is contrast media in the body?






12. What is pulsus paradoxus?






13. What is characteristic of complete heart block?






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






15. What are the proper steps to changing a central venous catheter dressing?






16. What is INR?






17. What signals an elevated venous pressure based on the internal jugular veins?






18. How should you palpate the apical pulse?






19. What are signs and symptoms of an MI?






20. What does a swan ganz measure?






21. What are the two common complications of pericarditis?






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






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


24. What is pericarditis?






25. If you see a NA placing a patient with DVT in sitting position with legs dependent what should you do?






26. What is an acute peripheral arterial occlusion?






27. What is cardiac tamponade? Common causes?






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


29. What type of EKG change indicates MI?






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






31. What landmarks should you be looking for on someone's chest?






32. What should be checked in a patient on a beta blocker?






33. What are examples of calcium channel blockers?






34. How should you palpate the carotid arteries?






35. 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?






36. What drugs are most commonly used for angina?






37. Who would most likely have peripheral venous disease?






38. What are the 2 types of pacemakers?






39. What type of surgery is done for an aortic dissection?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. What is a assessment finding with DVT?


48. How do you prepare a patient for Impedance cardiography monitoring?






49. What are the S&S associated with right sided heart failure?






50. What is the treatment for a pt. with ventricular tachycardia?