NU424 Cardiac Exam Questions And Answers 100% Guaranteed Success.
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What two valves are atrioventricular valves? - correct answer. tricuspid and bicuspid
What valves are responsible for the S1 sound and represent the beginning of systole? - correct answer. atrioventricular
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NU424 Cardiac Exam Questions And
Answers 100% Guaranteed Success.
What two valves are atrioventricular valves? - correct answer. tricuspid and bicuspid
What valves are responsible for the S1 sound and represent the beginning of systole? -
correct answer. atrioventricular
What two valves are semilunar valves? - correct answer. aortic and pulmonic
What valves are responsible for the S2 sound and represent the beginning of diastole? -
correct answer. semilunar
When does S3 occur? - correct answer. beginning of diastole
What is S3 commonly a result of? - correct answer. fluid overload
If a nurse hears S3 on a client, what is the priority action? - correct answer. assess IV
fluid rate
How is S3 and S4 assessed? - correct answer. using the bell of the stethoscope
When does S4 occur? - correct answer. Late in diastole, just before S1
What do the coronary arteries do? - correct answer. supply blood to the heart
What develops in response to an increased O2 demand for an extended period of time?
- correct answer. collateral circulation
Is collateral circulation an acute or chronic response? - correct answer. chronic
, If collateral circulation did not develop, what might happen to the client? - correct
answer. MI
What term refers to how well the heart is functioning? - correct answer. ejection
fraction
What is the normal stroke volume? - correct answer. 60-70%
What two factors influence cardiac output? - correct answer. heart rate (how fast the
heart is beating) and stroke volume (how much blood is being pumped off)
What is the normal cardiac output? - correct answer. 4-8 L/min
What needs to be taken into account when measuring a client's cardiac index? - correct
answer. height and weight
What is the normal cardiac index? - correct answer. 2.6-4.2 L/min/m2
Normal HR - correct answer. 60-100 bpm
Bradycardia - correct answer. less than 60 bpm
Tachycardia - correct answer. greater than 100 bpm
What can you give or do if a patient's heart rate is too low? - correct answer. Atropine
Epinephrine
Dopamine
Stimulate the patient
Transcutaneous pacing
What term refers to the pumping power of the heart? - correct answer. contractility
What medication can be given to improve contractility? - correct answer. Dobutamine
What medication to increase contractility and decrease afterload can not be given to a
tachycardic patient? - correct answer. Dobutamine
What medication has similar effects of Dobutamine but is more expensive? - correct
answer. Primacore
What type of problem is almost always present with preload issues? - correct answer.
volume problem
If a patient is having preload problems, what measurement can be taken to help assist
with treatment? - correct answer. CVP
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