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NCLEX Cardiac

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 disease can cause right sided heart failure?






2. What is the treatment for premature ventricular contractions?






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






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






5. What is intermittent claudication?






6. What should you teach your patient about an abdominal ultrasonography?






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






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






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






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






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






12. What factors place you at risk for HTN?






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






14. Where do the internal jugular veins lie?






15. What is an aortic dissection?

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16. What should you teach someone with arterial insufficiency?

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






18. What are signs and symptoms of an MI?






19. What should you teach someone after they have had a pacemaker placed?

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20. What is a major complication of central line placement?






21. What are the S&S of air embolism?






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






23. Where is the tricuspid valve landmark on the chest?






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






25. Who would most likely have peripheral venous disease?






26. What are the indications for a chemical stress test (persantine stress test)?






27. Where should you place your stethescope to find the pulmonic valve?






28. What is characteristic of complete heart block?






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






30. What should be done immediately for someone with PE?






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






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

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






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






35. What causes secondary hypertension?






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






37. What is characteristic of ventricular fibrillation?






38. What condition can cause left sided heart failure?






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






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






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






42. What are coumadin and heparin used for?






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

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






45. What drugs are most commonly used for angina?






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






47. What is pulsus paradoxus?






48. What is Raynauds disease? Tx?






49. What is epistaxis?






50. What is the antidote for heparin?