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NCLEX Cardiac

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What should be done immediately if a pulmonary embolism is suspected?






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






3. What are the 2 types of pacemakers?






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






5. 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?






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






7. What would make someone more at risk for digoxin toxicity?






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

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






10. What are the two common complications of pericarditis?






11. What is labile hypertension?






12. What are common risk factors for an MI?






13. What are the steps for adult 2 rescuer CPR?






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






15. What should you teach your patient about an exercise ECG (stress test)?






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






17. What drugs are most commonly used for angina?






18. What is characteristic of atrial fibrillation?






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






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






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






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






23. For what disease should you do the Allen's test?

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24. What is characteristic of premature ventricular contractions?






25. What is pericarditis?






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






27. What type of EKG change indicates MI?






28. What is a nursing diagnosis for arterial occlusion? Tx






29. What is intermittent claudication?






30. How should you palpate the carotid arteries?






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






32. What is the treatment for someone in ventricular fibrillation?






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






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






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






36. What are the proper steps to changing a central venous catheter dressing?






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






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






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






40. What factors place you at risk for HTN?






41. What is cardiac tamponade? Common causes?






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






43. What is characteristic of complete heart block?






44. What is superior vena cava syndrome?






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






46. What is a assessment finding with DVT?

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






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






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






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







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