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NCLEX Cardiac

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  • 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 places someone at risk for an aortic dissection?






2. What is a assessment finding with DVT?

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3. In what locations should you not place electrodes?






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






5. What should you do if the PTT value is 80 for someone on heparin?






6. What landmarks should you be looking for on someone's chest?






7. Which type of patient shouldn't take nitrates?






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






9. What causes essential/primary hypertension?






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






11. What is Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)?






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






13. What is the antidote for coumadin?






14. What type of surgery is done for an aortic dissection?






15. 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?






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






17. What is characteristic of premature ventricular contractions?






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






19. Test ending in Gram=?






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






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






22. 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?






23. What are the 2 types of pacemakers?






24. What will a leg with arterial insufficiency look like?






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






26. What is angina? Stable vs. unstable?

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






28. For which heart sounds should the diaphragm be used?






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






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






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






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






33. What is defibrillation?






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

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35. What needs to be held during the placement of a femoral artery compression device?






36. What is the treatment for myocardial infarction?






37. What is a transthoracic echocardiograph (TTE)?






38. What does an Allen's test determine?






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






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






41. What is superior vena cava syndrome?






42. During an Allen's test don't compress one artery _____ the other.






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

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44. What is labile hypertension?






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






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






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






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






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






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







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