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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 are all the S&S of pericarditis?






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






3. What is the purpose of compression devices?






4. In What time period is the greatest risk of sudden death from an MI?






5. What is the antidote for coumadin?






6. What is Raynauds disease? Tx?






7. What does plan of care include?






8. What is a therapeutic digoxin level?






9. What should you do to treat pulmonary edema?






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






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






12. What causes essential/primary hypertension?






13. What is the treatment for atrial fibrillation?






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






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






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






17. What factors place you at risk for HTN?






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






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






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






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






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






23. What are common risk factors for an MI?






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






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






26. What does a swan ganz measure?






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






28. What do calcium channel blockers do?






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






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






31. What is a transthoracic echocardiograph (TTE)?






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






33. What is intermittent claudication?






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






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






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

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






38. What is cardiac tamponade? Common causes?






39. What does vasotec (Enalapril Maleate) do/SE?






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






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






42. How is angina treated?

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43. What usually triggers angina pain?






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






45. What is pericarditis?






46. What will be the treatment for an acute episode of life threatening tamponade?






47. What are the four types of pulmonary emboli?






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






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






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