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NCLEX Cardiac

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the treatment for someone in ventricular fibrillation?






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






3. What is the treatment for atrial fibrillation?






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






5. What are examples of calcium channel blockers?






6. What does an Allen's test determine?






7. In what locations should you not place electrodes?






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






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






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






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






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






13. What is Raynauds disease? Tx?






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






15. When should you be concerned about premature ventricular contraction?






16. What disease can cause right sided heart failure?






17. What are the four types of pulmonary emboli?






18. What is characteristic of ventricular fibrillation?






19. If you see a NA placing a patient with DVT in sitting position with legs dependent what should you do?






20. What is intermittent claudication?






21. What is superior vena cava syndrome?






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






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






24. What is cardioversion?

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

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






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






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






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






30. What is pericarditis?






31. What is the antidote for coumadin?






32. What is labile hypertension?






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






34. How should you palpate the apical pulse?






35. What causes secondary hypertension?






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






37. What is CVP? Normal?






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






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






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






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






42. What should you teach a patient regarding discharge after a DVT?

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43. What causes essential/primary hypertension?






44. What should you know about your recovery period after having an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)?






45. What condition can cause left sided heart failure?






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






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






48. What should you teach your patient about an electrocardiogram (ECG)?






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






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