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






2. What should you do to treat pulmonary edema?






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






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






5. What are the steps to perform the heimlich maneuver?






6. What is superior vena cava syndrome?






7. What is the goal of treatment for an MI? Treatment?






8. What is intermittent claudication?






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






10. What is the treatment for atrial fibrillation?






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






12. What is a assessment finding with DVT?

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






14. What causes essential/primary hypertension?






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






16. 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?






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






18. For which heart sounds should the bell be used?






19. What should you explain to the patient about an impedance cardiography test?






20. What should you do if the PT value is 45 sec?






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






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

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






24. What are the nursing interventions for a patient in atrial fibrillation?






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






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






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






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

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






30. What are examples of calcium channel blockers?






31. What are the S&S of pulmonary embolism?






32. What are the steps for adult/child 1 rescuer CPR?






33. What is important to remember when removing a CVC from a patient?






34. What will the Transthoracic echocardiograph (TTE) show that will indicate cardiac tamponade?






35. Test ending in Gram=?






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






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






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






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






40. What is a transthoracic echocardiograph (TTE)?






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






42. What is pericarditis?






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






44. What is an acute peripheral arterial occlusion?






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






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






47. What factors place you at risk for HTN?






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






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






50. What is an aortic dissection?

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