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Coronary Artery Disease NCLEXquestions with complete solutions
1. While caring for a patient with angina, the nurse plans interventions that decrease myocardial oxygen
demand and promote coronary blood flow. Appropriate interventions are those that primarily prevent
a Coronary artery spasms
b An increase in heart rate
c A decreased blood volume
d Disruption of circadian rhythms - correct answer ✔✔b.
2. During assessment of a patient with chest pain, the nurse recognizes that chest pain associated with
angina is:
a. Always sudden in onset and is accompanied by a feeling of doom
b. Usually precipitated by stress and relieved by rest
c. Aggravated by inspiration, coughing and movement of the upper body
d. Accompanied by a residual soreness in the chest that lasts for several days - correct answer ✔✔a
3. A PCTA is performed on a patient with an 80% blockage of the left circumflex coronary artery. To
prevent restenosis following the PTCA, the nurse teaches the patient that it is most important to:
a. Abstain from alcohol
b. Use stress-reduction interventions
c. Exercise one hour five times a week
d. Maintain normal cholesterol and lipoprotein levels - correct answer ✔✔d
4. While caring for a patient with an acute myocardial infarction, the nurse monitors the patient closely,
knowing that the most common complication of myocardial infarction is
a Pericarditis
b Arrhythmias
c Cardiogenic shock
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