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NCLEX Cardiac

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






2. If you see a NA placing a patient with DVT in sitting position with legs dependent what should you do?






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

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4. What is pericarditis?






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






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






7. What does vasotec (Enalapril Maleate) do/SE?






8. What is impedance cardiography?






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






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






11. What is cardiac tamponade? Common causes?






12. What is the treatments for hypertension?






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

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






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






16. In what locations should you not place electrodes?






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






18. What are the four types of pulmonary emboli?






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






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






21. Test ending in Gram=?






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






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






24. What is characteristic of ventricular fibrillation?






25. What is a chemical stress test (persantine stress test)?






26. What is intermittent claudication?






27. What is epistaxis?






28. What is labile hypertension?






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






30. When should bleeding precautions be implemented?






31. What are the S&S of aortic dissection?






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






33. In What time period is the greatest risk of sudden death from an MI?






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






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






36. What lab value is used to evaluate a patient on coumadin? What is the normal value?






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






38. What are general guidelines to be followed by a patient who has an implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)?






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






40. What are the nursing interventions for a pt. with ventricular tachycardia?






41. What should you do if the PTT value is 80 for someone on heparin?






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






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






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






45. What is characteristic of premature ventricular contractions?






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






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






48. What is the treatment for someone with right sided HF? How do you know working?






49. What is defibrillation?






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







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