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






2. What is the necessary lab value to evaluate while a patient is on heparin? What is the normal value?






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






4. Which type of patient shouldn't take nitrates?






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






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


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






8. What is labile hypertension?






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






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


11. What is characteristic of premature ventricular contractions?






12. What landmarks should you be looking for on someone's chest?






13. What is the treatment for premature ventricular contractions?






14. What is defibrillation?






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






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






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






18. Where do the internal jugular veins lie?






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






20. What usually triggers angina pain?






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






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






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






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






25. What is the treatment for atrial fibrillation?






26. How should you palpate the apical pulse?






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






28. What is the nursing care associated with chemical stress tests (persantine stress test)?






29. What are signs and symptoms of an MI?






30. What should you not allow if a patient has a negative Allen's test?






31. What type of EKG change indicates MI?






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






33. What is characteristic of ventricular tachycardia?






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






35. For which heart sounds should the bell be used?






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






37. What is a major complication of central line placement?






38. What should you teach your patient about MRI?






39. Where should you place your stethescope to find the aortic valve?






40. What should you teach someone about iodine?






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






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






43. What is the treatments for hypertension?






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






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


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






47. How is the Allen's test done?






48. What are the two common complications of pericarditis?






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






50. What disease can cause right sided heart failure?