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NCLEX Cardiac

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 be checked in a patient on a beta blocker?






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






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






4. What is characteristic of ventricular tachycardia?






5. Where do the internal jugular veins lie?






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






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






8. What does an Allen's test determine?






9. What is the treatment for myocardial infarction?






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






11. What is labile hypertension?






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

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13. Test ending in Gram=?






14. What is a good diagnosis for someone with right sided HF?






15. What should you do prior to placing cardiac monitor electrodes on the skin (4 things)?






16. What will a leg with arterial insufficiency look like?






17. What is cardiac tamponade? Common causes?






18. What is characteristic of ventricular fibrillation?






19. What are the 2 types of pacemakers?






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






21. What should you tell a patient who developed a hematoma in the hospital and is being discharged?






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






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






24. What is the proper way to access and implanted venous access port (IVAP) (Mediport)?

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

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26. What should you teach someone with arterial insufficiency?

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






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






29. What is the treatment for a patient in complete heart block?






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






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

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32. What is Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)?






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






34. What does plan of care include?






35. What should you always assume with a patient who has a central line placed and is experiencing SOB?






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






37. What is the antidote for coumadin?






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






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






40. In what locations should you not place electrodes?






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






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






43. What is the maintenance for venous access port that isn't being regularly used?






44. What is a therapeutic digoxin level?






45. What are the nursing interventions for a patient in complete heart block?






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






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






48. What are examples of calcium channel blockers?






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






50. How is the arterial brachial index (ABI) calculated? Who should perform this? What is normal?