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AACN TEST COURSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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How do you assess a patient's chest pain? - ANSWER Use the PQRSTassessment scale.
P (Provoke): What causes or precipitates the pain?
Q (Quality) -> What is the nature of the pain?
R (Radiation)--> Does the pain spread to other areas than the chest?
S (Severity)--> How severe is the pain (on a scale of 1 to 10)?
T (timing)--> When did the pain that prompted you to visit the hospital begin?
Cardiac catheterisation is also called...? - ANSWER Coronary angiography
What is the purpose of cardiac catheterisation, other than to diagnose
atherosclerotic lesions or thrombus in coronary vessels? - ANSWER Evaluation
for:
-Valvular heart disease, like stenosis or insufficiency
-Atrial or ventricular septal defects.
- Congenital anomalies
Cardiac wall motion abnormalities
Describe the NPO limitation for cardiac catheterisation patients. ANSWER:
NPO for 6-12 hours before the procedure.
-May suggest anything except drugs, which should be taken with little sips of
water on the day of the surgery.
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