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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. What is more harmful a lot of little emboli or one large emboli?






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






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






4. What is angina? Stable vs. unstable?

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






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






7. What does an Allen's test determine?






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






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






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






11. What is characteristic of ventricular tachycardia?






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






13. What is intermittent claudication?






14. What is INR?






15. What is characteristic of atrial fibrillation?






16. What are the steps for adult 2 rescuer CPR?






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






18. What is the treatment for atrial fibrillation?






19. Who would most likely have peripheral venous disease?






20. What do calcium channel blockers do?






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






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






23. What is the purpose of compression devices?






24. What is Raynauds disease? Tx?






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






26. Where do the internal jugular veins lie?






27. What causes secondary hypertension?






28. What is the treatment for premature ventricular contractions?






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






30. What is pericarditis?






31. What are the S&S of superior vena cava syndrome?






32. What is the treatment for someone in ventricular fibrillation?






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






34. What are the nursing interventions for a patient in complete heart block?






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






36. What is defibrillation?






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






38. What drugs are most commonly used for angina?






39. How is angina treated?

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






41. What are signs and symptoms of an MI?






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






43. What are the steps for infant 1&2 rescuer CPR?






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






45. What are the four types of pulmonary emboli?






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






47. What is important to remember when removing a CVC from a patient?






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






49. What is the antidote for coumadin?






50. What is labile hypertension?