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NCLEX Cardiac

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How does the blood flow through the heart? (valves?)






2. What is pericarditis?






3. What should you teach your patient about MRI?






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






5. What is defibrillation?






6. How is angina treated?

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






8. A femoral artery compression device ______be assigned to an NA?






9. What does plan of care include?






10. What are all the S&S of pericarditis?






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

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

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






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






15. What drugs are most commonly used for angina?






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






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

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






19. What is INR?






20. What are the two common complications of pericarditis?






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






22. Should the tubing for a venous access port be included under the dressing site?

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






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






25. Test ending in Gram=?






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

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






28. What is characteristic of atrial fibrillation?






29. What is CVP? Normal?






30. What is the treatment for atrial fibrillation?






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






32. What does an Allen's test determine?






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






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






35. What should you do when applying a femoral artery compression device?






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






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






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






39. What is the antidote for heparin?






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






41. What is an aortic dissection?

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42. What is the treatments for hypertension?






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






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






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






46. What is the purpose of compression devices?






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

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48. What should be checked in a patient on a beta blocker?






49. For which heart sounds should the diaphragm be used?






50. What condition can cause left sided heart failure?







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