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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 epistaxis?






2. What are the proper steps to changing a central venous catheter dressing?






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






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






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






6. What should you suspect for someone who post cardiac cath and percutaneous coronary intervention reporting feeling a pop in her left groin followed by a saturated dressing - swelling around site - palpable 2 inch fullness - and a bruit is present?






7. What should a patient do if they feel chest pain or discomfort?






8. Where is the apex/mitral valve landmark on the chest?






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






10. What are the S&S of pulmonary embolism?






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






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






13. What are the signs and symptoms of left sided HF?






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






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






16. What things should you do to assess cardiovascular status?






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






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






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






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






21. Test ending in Gram=?






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






23. What is pulsus paradoxus?






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






25. What are the nursing interventions for a patient with premature ventricular contractions?






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






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






28. What should you teach your patient about MRI?






29. What should you do to treat pulmonary edema?






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






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






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






33. What is characteristic of premature ventricular contractions?






34. Where should you place your stethescope to find the aortic valve?






35. In what locations should you not place electrodes?






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






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






38. What should you tell a patient who developed a hematoma in the hospital and is being discharged?






39. How long is contrast media in the body?






40. What does an Allen's test determine?






41. What is labile hypertension?






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






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






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






45. What should you teach your patient about angiography (arteriography)?






46. What causes secondary hypertension?






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






48. Where is the right ventricle landmark on the chest?






49. What type of EKG change indicates MI?






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