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Congenital Heart defects practice questions & Answers(GRADED A+) Which of the following represents an effective nursing intervention to reduce cardiac demands and decrease cardiac workload? Choose all that apply. 1) Clustering nursing care to provide
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Congenital Heart defects
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Congenital Heart Defects
Which of the following represents an effective nursing intervention to reduce cardiac demands and decrease cardiac workload? Choose all that apply.
1) Clustering nursing care to provide for periods of uninterrupted rest.
2) Developing and implementing a developmentally appropriate plan of car...
Congenital Heart defects practice
questions & Answers(GRADED A+)
Which of the following represents an effective nursing intervention to reduce cardiac demands and
decrease cardiac workload? Choose all that apply.
1) Clustering nursing care to provide for periods of uninterrupted rest.
2) Developing and implementing a developmentally appropriate plan of care as tolerated.
3) Feeding the infant over a longer period of time.
4) Allowing the infant to have his or her own way to avoid conflicts. - ANSWER1 and 2
Defects associated with tetralogy of Fallot include
1) severe coarctation of the aorta, severe aortic valve stenosis, and severe mitral valve stenosis.
2) ventricular septal defect, overriding aorta, pulmonic stenosis, and right ventricular hypertrophy.
3) tricuspid valve atresia, atrial septal defect, and hyposplastic right ventricle.
4) origin of the aorta from the right ventricle and of the pulmonary artery form the left ventricle. -
ANSWER2
What is the most common early complication of cardiac catheterization?
,1) Cardiac dysrhythmias
2) Infection
3) Fluid overload
4) Electrolyte imbalance - ANSWER1
Why is maintenance of fluid and electrolyte balance more critical in infants than in adults?
1) Renal function is immature in infants.
2) Cellular metabolism is less stable than in adults.
3) The proportion of water in infants' bodies is less than that in adults.
4) The daily fluid requirement per unit of body weight is less than that in adults - ANSWER1
A nurse involved in preoperative teaching for a preschool child scheduled for cardiac surgery would
be sure that preparation for surgery was:
1) detailed in nature so that the child knew everything there was to know about the surgery.
2) geared toward the child's parents since the child is too young to understand anything about the
surgery.
3) developmentally appropriate to the child's stage of growth and development.
4) done several days before the actual operation so that the child had the opportunity to think of any
questions or concerns. - ANSWER3
, The nurse is assessing an infant who is admitted for congestive heart failure. Which sign would the
nurse most likely find?
1) Pedal edema
2) Sudden weight loss
3) Unexplained bruising
4) Dyspnea - ANSWER4
Deoxygenated blood flows from the right ventricle to the left ventricle. What defect does this most
likely describe?
1) Tetralogy of Fallot
2) Coarctation of the aorta
3) Atrial septal defect
4) Ventricular septal defect - ANSWER1
A newborn infant is diagnosed as having a patent ductus arteriosus. The knowledgeable pediatric
nurse understands that this congenital heart defect involves:
1) narrowing of the aorta.
2) origination of the pulmonary artery from the left ventricle and origination of the aorta from the
right ventricle.
3) persistence of the fetal opening between the pulmonary artery and the aorta.
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