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NCLEX Cardiac

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What would make someone more at risk for digoxin toxicity?






2. How is the Allen's test done?






3. What is epistaxis?






4. Where is the aortic valve landmark on the chest?






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






6. If 2 liters of fluid is left in the pericardial sac (cardiac tamponade) and goes untreated what could it cause?






7. What should you remember while taking care of someone with a peripheral arterial occlusion?






8. What is Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)?






9. What should you teach your patient about an exercise ECG (stress test)?






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






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






12. What are coumadin and heparin used for?






13. What is cardiac tamponade? Common causes?






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






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






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






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






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

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19. What is characteristic of ventricular tachycardia?






20. What is the treatment for premature ventricular contractions?






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






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






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






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






25. How should you palpate the apical pulse?






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






33. What does plan of care include?






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






35. What is the antidote for coumadin?






36. What condition can cause left sided heart failure?






37. 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?






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






39. Where do the internal jugular veins lie?






40. What causes secondary hypertension?






41. What should you teach someone about iodine?






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






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






44. Test ending in Gram=?






45. What should happen if someone converts to asystole/flatline?






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






47. When should a patient call their doctor after having an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placed?






48. What is a therapeutic digoxin level?






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






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