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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 is the hallmark clinical finding associated with pericarditis?






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






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






4. 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?






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






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






7. What is a therapeutic digoxin level?






8. What would make someone more at risk for digoxin toxicity?






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






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






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






12. What does an Allen's test determine?






13. What should you teach someone about iodine?






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






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






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






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






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






19. When should a patient call 911 after having an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placed?






20. What are the four types of pulmonary emboli?






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

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22. What does a swan ganz measure?






23. What should be done during the insertion of both a CVP catheter and a swan ganz catheter?






24. What is the treatment for myocardial infarction?






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






26. What type of EKG change indicates MI?






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






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






29. What causes essential/primary hypertension?






30. What should you do if you are going to ventilate someone with an ambu bag?






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

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






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






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






35. What is pulsus paradoxus?






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






37. What are examples of calcium channel blockers?






38. What is cardioversion?

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






40. How should you palpate the apical pulse?






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






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






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






44. What could happen without immediate intervention for a hematoma?






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






46. In what locations should you not place electrodes?






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






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






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






50. What are the S&S of cardiac tamponade?