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NCLEX Cardiac

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which type of patient shouldn't take nitrates?






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






3. What should be done is a patient on anticoagulants suffers from epistaxis for more than 15 mins?






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






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






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






7. What can result from left sided heart failure if left untreated?






8. What factors place you at risk for HTN?






9. What condition can cause left sided heart failure?






10. What is cardioversion?

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






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






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






14. When should bleeding precautions be implemented?






15. What should you do to treat pulmonary edema?






16. What should be done during the insertion of both a CVP catheter and a swan ganz catheter?






17. What is the goal of treatment for an MI? Treatment?






18. What is a therapeutic digoxin level?






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

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






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






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






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






24. If a victim is choking but can cough - speak - or breath what should you do?

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






26. What is a transthoracic echocardiograph (TTE)?






27. What are the two common complications of pericarditis?






28. What are the steps to perform the heimlich maneuver?






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






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






31. What is the treatment for a patient in complete heart block?






32. What is the treatment for myocardial infarction?






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






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






35. What should be checked in a patient on a beta blocker?






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

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






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






39. What will be the treatment for an acute episode of life threatening tamponade?






40. What is epistaxis?






41. Who would most likely have peripheral venous disease?






42. What should you teach someone about iodine?






43. What should you do if you are going to ventilate someone with an ambu bag?






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






45. What type of EKG change indicates MI?






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






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






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






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






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







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