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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. How long is contrast media in the body?






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. What is characteristic of ventricular tachycardia?






9. What is the most common cause of arterial insufficiency?






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






11. Without prompt surgery for an aortic dissection What is someone at risk for developing?






12. What is a transthoracic echocardiograph (TTE)?






13. What should you teach your patient about MRI?






14. What is cardioversion?

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






16. What SE should you look for with calcium channel blocker use?






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






18. What places someone at risk for an aortic dissection?






19. Where should you place your stethescope to find the aortic valve?






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






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

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






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






24. Where should you place your stethescope to find the pulmonic valve?






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






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






27. What is angina? Stable vs. unstable?

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28. What is defibrillation?






29. What is important to remember when taking care of patients with compression devices?






30. What is labile hypertension?






31. What is superior vena cava syndrome?






32. Where do the internal jugular veins lie?






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






34. What are common risk factors for an MI?






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






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






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






38. Should the tubing for a venous access port be included under the dressing site?

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39. How is angina treated?

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






41. What is Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)?






42. What is epistaxis?






43. What is the treatment for myocardial infarction?






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

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45. What is pulsus paradoxus?






46. How is the Allen's test done?






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






48. What are the two common complications of pericarditis?






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






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