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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. Where is the pulmonic valve landmark on the chest?






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






3. What is CVP? Normal?






4. Test ending in Gram=?






5. In what locations should you not place electrodes?






6. What are the nursing interventions for a pt. with ventricular tachycardia?






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






8. What should you do if the patient you are applying cardiac monitor electrodes to is hairy?






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






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






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






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






13. How is angina treated?


14. What is cardiac tamponade? Common causes?






15. What does the device for impedance cardiography consist of?






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






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






18. How should you palpate the carotid arteries?






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






20. What is labile hypertension?






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






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






23. What should happen if someone converts to asystole/flatline?






24. What are the four types of pulmonary emboli?






25. What is intermittent claudication?






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






27. What are signs and symptoms of an MI?






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






29. What disease can cause right sided heart failure?






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






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






32. What are common risk factors for an MI?






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






34. What is the correct way to insert an oropharyngeal airway?






35. What is an acute peripheral arterial occlusion?






36. What should you do to treat pulmonary edema?






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


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






39. What does an Allen's test determine?






40. What is a chemical stress test (persantine stress test)?






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






42. What is a major complication of central line placement?






43. What is characteristic of premature ventricular contractions?






44. What type of EKG change indicates MI?






45. What causes essential/primary hypertension?






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






47. What is the treatment for myocardial infarction?






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






49. What is the proper way to access and implanted venous access port (IVAP) (Mediport)?


50. What are the S&S of cardiac tamponade?