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NCLEX Cardiac

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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 taught upon discharge for someone going home on coumadin as a result of a PE?






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






3. What is superior vena cava syndrome?






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






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






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

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

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






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






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






11. What does plan of care include?






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






13. What is defibrillation?






14. What is pericarditis?






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






16. What is pulsus paradoxus?






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






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






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






20. 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?






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






22. What is labile hypertension?






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






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






25. What is an air embolism?






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






27. What should you do to treat pulmonary edema?






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






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






30. What should you teach someone with arterial insufficiency?

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31. What should you do immediately for someone experiencing anticoagulant induced epistaxis?






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






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






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






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






36. What is Raynauds disease? Tx?






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






38. What are examples of calcium channel blockers?






39. What should you go when applying nitroglycerin ointment for angina?






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






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






42. What causes essential/primary hypertension?






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






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






45. What is an acute peripheral arterial occlusion?






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






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






48. Without prompt surgery for an aortic dissection What is someone at risk for developing?






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






50. What is intermittent claudication?