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NUR 325 Final Exam Practice Questions and
Answers (100% pass)

The degree of stretch at the end of diastole (how much blood is in the ventricles) is

known as - ✔️✔️Preload


An increase in fluids will __________ preload, and a decrease in fluids will

___________ preload - ✔️✔️An increase in fluids will increase preload, and a decrease

in fluids will decrease preload


The resistance to eject blood from the ventricles is known as - ✔️✔️Afterload


Hypertension and vasoconstriction have what effect on Afterload? - ✔️✔️HTN and

vasoconstriction will INCREASE afterload (increased afterload raises cardiac workload

as well)


How effectively the heart can squeeze out blood is also known as - ✔️✔️Contractility


How are preload and contractility related? - ✔️✔️Optimal filling allows for maximum

stretching


What could the nurse give a patient to increase their contractility? - ✔️✔️Epinephrine,

Digoxin, Dopamine



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What could the nurse give a patient to decrease their contractility? - ✔️✔️Beta-blocker

(the "lol" meds)


What are the life-threatening dysrhythmias? - ✔️✔️V Tach, V Fib, and Asystole


What is the first thing the nurse should do if they see a life threatening rhythm on a

patient's EKG? - ✔️✔️Assess the patient (Did a lead fall off? Does the patient show signs

of decreased CO? Are they responsive? Pulses?)


The patient is in V Tach but has a pulse, how can we treat this? - ✔️✔️We give

amiodarone and use cardioversion (because they have a pulse)


The patient is in V Tach but does NOT have a pulse, how do we treat this? - ✔️✔️CPR

and Defibrillation


The patient is in V Fib, what do we do? - ✔️✔️CPR/ACLS, Defibrillate, Drug therapy


What drugs can we give to a patient in V Fib? - ✔️✔️Epinephrine, Amiodarone


I can defibrillate the patient if they have what dysrhythmias? - ✔️✔️Pulseless V Tach, and

V Fib


The patient is a candidate for Synchronized Cardioversion if they have what

dysrhythmias? - ✔️✔️V Tach (WITH A PULSE), SVT, A Fib, and A Flutter


The patient is asystolic, what do you do? - ✔️✔️CPR/ACLS, drug therapy, intubate




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What drugs do we give if the patient is in asystole? - ✔️✔️Epinephrine and/or

vasopressin


The patient shows activity on their EKG but has no pulse, this is known as -

✔️✔️Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)


The patient has a normal heart rate, but the PR interval is longer than normal. What

dysrhythmia do you suspect the patient has? - ✔️✔️1st Degree AV Block


You notice a gradual lengthening in the patient's PR intervals and a missing QRS wave.

What dysrhythmia do you suspect the patient has? - ✔️✔️2nd Degree AV Block Type 1


(Mobitz I // Wenckebach)


The patient has constant elongated PR intervals and P waves at a regular rate, but

missing QRS complexes. What dysrhythmia do you suspect? - ✔️✔️2nd Degree AV

Block Type 2


(Mobitz II)


You notice the patient has consistent P waves and QRS complexes, but the rates

between the two are different (Some P waves do not have a QRS after). What

dysrhythmia do you suspect? - ✔️✔️3rd Degree AV Heart Block


(Complete Heart Block)




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