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NCLEX Cardiac

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Where should you place your stethescope to find the pulmonic valve?






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






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






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






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






6. What does a swan ganz measure?






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






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






9. What factors place you at risk for HTN?






10. What is pulsus paradoxus?






11. What causes essential/primary hypertension?






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






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






14. What does an Allen's test determine?






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






16. What are all the S&S of pericarditis?






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






18. In what locations should you not place electrodes?






19. What drugs are most commonly used for angina?






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






21. What is impedance cardiography?






22. What should be done for someone on bleeding precautions?






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






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






25. How is the Allen's test done?






26. What body systems are affected by digoxin toxicity? S&S?






27. What should you teach someone with arterial insufficiency?

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






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






30. What type of EKG change indicates MI?






31. What are the steps for adult/child 1 rescuer CPR?






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






33. What will be the treatment for an acute episode of life threatening tamponade?






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






35. What should you explain to the patient about an impedance cardiography test?






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






37. What do calcium channel blockers do?






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






39. How should you palpate the apical pulse?






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






41. Which jugular veins give a more accurate estimate of the jugular vein pressure and pressure in the right atrium?






42. Where should you place your stethescope to find the tricuspid valve?






43. What activity should a patient with pericarditis - who is undergoing treatment - be allowed?






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






45. What should you teach a patient regarding discharge after a DVT?

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






47. When should a patient call 911 after having an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placed?






48. What is the antidote for heparin?






49. What can result from left sided heart failure if left untreated?






50. What is CVP? Normal?