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NCLEX Cardiac

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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?






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






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






4. What is pulsus paradoxus?






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






6. What is characteristic of atrial fibrillation?






7. What should you do to treat pulmonary edema?






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






9. 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?






10. What should you teach your patient about MRI?






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






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






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

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14. What are the 2 types of pacemakers?






15. What is a assessment finding with DVT?

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






17. How is the Allen's test done?






18. What are the indications for a chemical stress test (persantine stress test)?






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






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






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






22. What disease can cause right sided heart failure?






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






24. What is the normal value for arterial pulse? Pulse amplitude? Edema? Reflex?






25. What is cardioversion?

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






27. What is the purpose of compression devices?






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






29. What are the treatments/ S&S of peripheral venous disease?






30. What should you teach someone with arterial insufficiency?

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31. What is the antidote for coumadin?






32. What is cardiac tamponade? Common causes?






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






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

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35. What is characteristic of premature ventricular contractions?






36. What type of EKG change indicates MI?






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






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






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






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






41. What does plan of care include?






42. What should be done is a patient on anticoagulants suffers from epistaxis for more than 15 mins?






43. What is angina? Stable vs. unstable?

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






45. What should be done immediately if a pulmonary embolism is suspected?






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






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






48. How should you palpate the apical pulse?






49. What is Raynauds disease? Tx?






50. What are common risk factors for an MI?







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