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NCLEX Cardiac

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






2. What is an air embolism?






3. How is the Allen's test done?






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






5. What is characteristic of complete heart block?






6. How should you palpate the apical pulse?






7. What are general guidelines to be followed by a patient who has an implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)?






8. What drugs are most commonly used for angina?






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






10. What is cardioversion?

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






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






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






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






15. What lab value is used to evaluate a patient on coumadin? What is the normal value?






16. What is CVP? Normal?






17. What should you teach someone about iodine?






18. What activity should a patient with pericarditis - who is undergoing treatment - be allowed?






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






20. Should the tubing for a venous access port be included under the dressing site?

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






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






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






24. What is an aortic dissection?

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25. What should the plan of care include for a diagnosis of activity intolerance r/t right sided HF?






26. What are the four types of pulmonary emboli?






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






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






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






30. What is defibrillation?






31. What is characteristic of ventricular fibrillation?






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






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

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34. What is Raynauds disease? Tx?






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






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






37. What are the two common complications of pericarditis?






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






39. 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?






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






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






42. What should you tell someone about taking nitroglycerin tablets (SE)?






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






44. Where should you place your stethescope to find the mitral (apex) valve?






45. What should you teach someone with arterial insufficiency?

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






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






48. What makes the symptoms of superior vena cava syndrome better? Worse?






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






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







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