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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 are the S&S of cardiac tamponade?






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. What is an aortic dissection?

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

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






11. What are the five areas for listening to the heart?

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






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






14. What is characteristic of complete heart block?






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

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






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






18. How should you palpate the carotid arteries?






19. 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?






20. What disease can cause right sided heart failure?






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






22. In what locations should you not place electrodes?






23. What is superior vena cava syndrome?






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






25. What is INR?






26. What is the treatment for premature ventricular contractions?






27. What factors place you at risk for HTN?






28. What should be done immediately if a pulmonary embolism is suspected?






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






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






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






32. What is the antidote for coumadin?






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






34. What causes essential/primary hypertension?






35. What is pericarditis?






36. What is Raynauds disease? Tx?






37. What is a nursing diagnosis for arterial occlusion? Tx






38. What should you do immediately for someone experiencing anticoagulant induced epistaxis?






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






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






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






42. What usually triggers angina pain?






43. Where do the internal jugular veins lie?






44. What is cardiac tamponade? Common causes?






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






46. What does an Allen's test determine?






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






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






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






50. What is defibrillation?