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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 is characteristic of ventricular fibrillation?






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






3. What should you teach your patient about MRI?






4. What is the treatments for hypertension?






5. How should you palpate the apical pulse?






6. What condition can cause left sided heart failure?






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






8. What is a assessment finding with DVT?

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9. What is the antidote for heparin?






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






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






12. What is Raynauds disease? Tx?






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






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






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






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






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






18. What is a therapeutic digoxin level?






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






20. What is the antidote for coumadin?






21. What should be taught upon discharge for someone going home on coumadin as a result of a PE?






22. What is a transthoracic echocardiograph (TTE)?






23. What is the treatment for premature ventricular contractions?






24. What should you do immediately if you suspect someone of developing a hematoma?






25. What should be done immediately for someone with PE?






26. What is the necessary lab value to evaluate while a patient is on heparin? What is the normal value?






27. What is Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)?






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






29. What is more harmful a lot of little emboli or one large emboli?






30. When should a patient call their doctor after having an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placed?






31. What are the four types of pulmonary emboli?






32. What is CVP? Normal?






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






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

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35. How should you palpate the carotid arteries?






36. What is epistaxis?






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






38. What is characteristic of premature ventricular contractions?






39. What is a good diagnosis for someone with right sided HF?






40. What should you teach someone after they have had a pacemaker placed?

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






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






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






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






45. A femoral artery compression device ______be assigned to an NA?






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






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






48. What factors place you at risk for HTN?






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






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