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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 are the steps for adult 2 rescuer CPR?






2. What is cardiac tamponade? Common causes?






3. What usually triggers angina pain?






4. What should you teach your patient about an electrocardiogram (ECG)?






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






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






7. What are the S&S of air embolism?






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






9. Should the tubing for a venous access port be included under the dressing site?

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

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11. When should you be concerned about premature ventricular contraction?






12. What are common risk factors for an MI?






13. What should you teach someone about iodine?






14. What is a transthoracic echocardiograph (TTE)?






15. 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?






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






17. What should you tell someone about taking nitroglycerin tablets (SE)?






18. What nursing interventions are associated with a pt. experiencing ventricular fibrillation?






19. What do calcium channel blockers do?






20. What condition can cause left sided heart failure?






21. In what locations should you not place electrodes?






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






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






24. What should be immediately done for a patient experiencing digoxin toxicity?






25. What is the antidote for coumadin?






26. What should you teach your patient about a cardiac catheterization?






27. What is a therapeutic digoxin level?






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






29. When should bleeding precautions be implemented?






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






31. What is intermittent claudication?






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






33. What would make someone more at risk for digoxin toxicity?






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

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






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






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






38. What is impedance cardiography?






39. What should you teach someone with arterial insufficiency?

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40. During an Allen's test don't compress one artery _____ the other.






41. What disease can cause right sided heart failure?






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






43. What is CVP? Normal?






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






45. How long is contrast media in the body?






46. What is pulsus paradoxus?






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






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






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






50. What is characteristic of premature ventricular contractions?