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NCLEX Cardiac

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






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






3. What should a patient do if they feel chest pain or discomfort?






4. What are examples of calcium channel blockers?






5. What is an air embolism?






6. What is the treatment for atrial fibrillation?






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






8. In what locations should you not place electrodes?






9. What is epistaxis?






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






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






12. What are signs and symptoms of an MI?






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






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






15. What is cardiac tamponade? Common causes?






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






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






18. What should you do if the PT value is 45 sec?






19. What are the S&S associated with right sided heart failure?






20. What is a good diagnosis for someone with right sided HF?






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






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






23. What is superior vena cava syndrome?






24. What should you watch for with PICC lines that have been in place for 6 months?






25. What is the treatment for premature ventricular contractions?






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






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






28. What is the hallmark clinical finding associated with pericarditis?






29. Where do the internal jugular veins lie?






30. What should you do when applying a femoral artery compression device?






31. What do calcium channel blockers do?






32. What is a transthoracic echocardiograph (TTE)?






33. What are common risk factors for an MI?






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






35. What drugs are most commonly used for angina?






36. For what disease should you do the Allen's test?

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37. Who would most likely have peripheral venous disease?






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






39. What is cardioversion?

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40. What is the treatments for hypertension?






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

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






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






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






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






46. What is important to remember when taking care of patients with compression devices?






47. What are coumadin and heparin used for?






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






49. What is labile hypertension?






50. What makes the symptoms of superior vena cava syndrome better? Worse?






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