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NCLEX Cardiac

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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?






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






3. What is a transthoracic echocardiograph (TTE)?






4. What is characteristic of complete heart block?






5. For which heart sounds should the bell be used?






6. What is a therapeutic digoxin level?






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






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






9. What is cardiac tamponade? Common causes?






10. What is the purpose of compression devices?






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






12. What is the treatment for myocardial infarction?






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


14. What will the Transthoracic echocardiograph (TTE) show that will indicate cardiac tamponade?






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






16. What is labile hypertension?






17. What is defibrillation?






18. What drugs are most commonly used for angina?






19. What needs to be held during the placement of a femoral artery compression device?






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






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






22. When should bleeding precautions be implemented?






23. What is an acute peripheral arterial occlusion?






24. What is an aortic dissection?


25. What are the S&S of pulmonary embolism?






26. What should you know about your recovery period after having an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)?






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






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


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


30. What is important to remember when removing a CVC from a patient?






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






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






33. What is an air embolism?






34. What are common risk factors for an MI?






35. What is the antidote for heparin?






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






37. What is CVP? Normal?






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






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






40. What type of EKG change indicates MI?






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






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






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






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






45. What is pericarditis?






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






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






48. What condition can cause left sided heart failure?






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






50. What is characteristic of ventricular tachycardia?