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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 done for someone on bleeding precautions?






2. What are signs and symptoms of an MI?






3. What are the S&S of aortic dissection?






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






5. What causes essential/primary hypertension?






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






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






8. How long is contrast media in the body?






9. What are coumadin and heparin used for?






10. What is the antidote for heparin?






11. What causes secondary hypertension?






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






13. What do calcium channel blockers do?






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






15. What should you do frequently for someone with a central line to help prevent pulmonary emboli?






16. What is superior vena cava syndrome?






17. What is INR?






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

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






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






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






22. What are the four types of pulmonary emboli?






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






24. In what locations should you not place electrodes?






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






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






27. Which type of patient shouldn't take nitrates?






28. What should you teach someone with arterial insufficiency?

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29. What should you not allow if a patient has a negative Allen's test?






30. How should you palpate the apical pulse?






31. What should you teach your patient about MRI?






32. What are the nursing interventions for a patient in complete heart block?






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






34. What is the treatment for atrial fibrillation?






35. What is pericarditis?






36. What things should you do to assess cardiovascular status?






37. What should you teach someone about iodine?






38. What should you tell someone about taking nitroglycerin tablets (SE)?






39. What is an acute peripheral arterial occlusion?






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






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






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






43. What should you do to treat pulmonary edema?






44. What is a assessment finding with DVT?

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45. What type of EKG change indicates MI?






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






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






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






49. What is characteristic of ventricular fibrillation?






50. What is CVP? Normal?