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NCLEX Cardiac

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  • 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 drugs are most commonly used for angina?






2. What are the S&S of air embolism?






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






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






5. What is an acute peripheral arterial occlusion?






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






7. What signals an elevated venous pressure based on the internal jugular veins?






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






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






10. What should you teach your patient about MRI?






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






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






13. What is characteristic of ventricular tachycardia?






14. What are common risk factors for an MI?






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

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16. What condition can cause left sided heart failure?






17. What is the antidote for heparin?






18. What should you teach your patient about angiography (arteriography)?






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






20. What is pulsus paradoxus?






21. If a victim is choking but can cough - speak - or breath what should you do?

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






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






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






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






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






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






28. How is the arterial brachial index (ABI) calculated? Who should perform this? What is normal?






29. How does the blood flow through the heart? (valves?)






30. What is a therapeutic digoxin level?






31. What factors place you at risk for HTN?






32. What is the treatment for a patient in complete heart block?






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






34. What is characteristic of premature ventricular contractions?






35. What body systems are affected by digoxin toxicity? S&S?






36. What is the hallmark clinical finding associated with pericarditis?






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






38. What is a assessment finding with DVT?

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






40. What are the four types of pulmonary emboli?






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






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

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43. What is impedance cardiography?






44. What are signs and symptoms of an MI?






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






46. What is cardioversion?

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






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






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






50. What should be immediately done for a patient experiencing digoxin toxicity?







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