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NUR 254 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) TEST 1 REVIEW | COMPLETE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (SOLVED) 100% CORRECT
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NUR 254 Test 1 Review1. Initial dose of amiodarone bolus IV
Answer
300mg
2. The med is administrated rapid iv push resulting In a brief flatline, used for SVT, code cart
must be at bedside
Answer
adenosine
3. what are the doses for adenosine?
Answer
6mg, 12 mg, 12mg rapid IV push
4. medication used PRN for angina
Answer
Nitro- warn of HA, low BP
5. Each large box on the ecg paper represents how many seconds
Answer
20 seconds
6. wo serum lab tests that would be elevated with MI
Answer
CK (CREATININE KINASE) and Troponin
7. What complication of CABG presents with manifestations of decreased urinary output,
crackles, jvd, s3 gallop
Answer
pump failure (heart failure)
,8. Most carbohydrates in the diet should be complex such as whole grains. Name 2 foods that
would be considered complex carbs
Answer
whole grain breads/pas- ta, legumes, potatoes
9. What would a high CVP reading indicate (normal readings are
3-12mmhg)(dehydrated means 2-3mmhg)(20-22mmhg hypervolemia)
Answer
hypervolemia
10. what would you see on an EKG with a pt with Hyperkalemia?
Answer
peaked T waves
11. A PATIENT WITH HIGH LDL SHOULD BE ADVISED TO REPLACE FOODS HIGH
IN SATURATED FATWITH FOODS HIGHER IN UNSATURATED FAT. NAME THREE (3)
FOODS THE PATIENT SHOULD AVOID THAT ARE HIGH IN SATU- RATED FAT.
Answer
BUTTER, CHEESE, MILK, CREAM, ICE CREAM, COCONUT OIL AND FATTY MEATS
12. ASIDE FROM PACER SPIKES WITH SUBSEQUENT P WAVES OR QRS COM-
PLEXES, HOW WOULD A NURSE ASSESS THE INTENDED OUTCOMES OF A
PACEMAKER? (THERE ARE SEVERAL, NAME AT LEAST ONE CORRECTLY)-
Answer
HEART RATE >60, NORMOTENSIVE, SKIN COLOR APPROPRIATE
13. WHICH CLASS OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICATIONS HAS A COMMON SIDE
EFFECTS OF COUGH, HYPERKALEMIA (TOO HIGH) AND HYPOTEN- SION?
Answer
ANGIOTENSION CONVERTING ENZYME (ACE) INHIBITORS
,14. THIS ANTICHOLINERGIC MEDICATION IS ADMINISTERED 0.5 MGTO 1 MG IV
PUSH FOR SYMPTOMATIC BRADYCARDIA
Answer
ATROPINE
15. CHEST PAIN RELIEVED BY REST IS REFERRED TO AS
Answer
STABLE ANGINA
16. NAME THREE (3) MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS FOR CAD
Answer
HYPERLIPI- DEMIA
CIGARETTE SMOKING/TOBACCO USE HTN
DM OBESITY
ATHEROGENIC DIET
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES (HRT) PHYSICAL INACTIVITY METABOLIC SYNDROME
17. ULTIMATELY THE RECOMMENDED GOAL FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IS
Answer
30 minutes per day most days (5-6 days a week)
18. MOST CARBOHYDRATES IN THE DIET SHOULD BE COMPLEX SUCH AS
WHOLE GRAINS. NAME TWO (2) FOODS THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED COMPLEX
CARBOHYDRATES.
Answer
WHOLE GRAIN BREADS/PASTA, LEGUMES, POTATOES, RICE, STARCHY
VEGETABLES.
19. USED TO INCREASE CARDIAC OUTPUT WHILE AWAITING A HEART
TRANSPLANT
Answer
, ventricular assistive device
20. THIS ISTHE UMBRELLATERM FOR UNSTABLE ANGINA,THAT IS WORSE
THAN TYPICAL ANGINA, LASTS GREATER THAN 15 MINUTES, INDICATES
MYOCARDIAL INJURY, AND IS OFTEN A PRECURSOR TO MYOCARDIAL IN-
FARCTION?
Answer
ACS- acute coronary syndrome
21. CHEST PAIN WITH MI IS TYPICALLY DESCRIBED AS (NAME AT LEAST
3)
Answer
UNRELIEVED BY REST/NITROGLYCERIN, OCCURS AT REST, RADIATING,
CRUSHING/SQUEEZING, ASSOCIATED FACTORS (DYSPNEA, DIAPHORESIS)
22. WHICH COMPLICATION OF CABG HAS MANIFESTATIONS OF MUFFLED
HEART TONES, CT DRAINAGE ABRUPTLY SUBSIDING, HYPOTENSION AND
TACHYCARDIA?
Answer
cardiac tamponade
23. WHAT ISTHE NORMAL MEASUREMENT IN SECONDS FORTHE PR INTER-
VAL?
Answer
0.12- 0.20 seconds
24. WHAT ISTHE NORMAL MEASURMENT IN SECONDS FOR THE QRS COM-
PLEX?
Answer
0.6-0.10 seconds
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