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Cardiac-Vascular Nursing Exam Prep I - Question List

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56. In rate modulated pacing, pacing of atria and ventricles are based on:
  1. Intrinsic heart rate
  2. Physiological stress with increased heart rate
  3. Pacing only when demand of body increases during exercise
  4. Keep pacing at a constant rate
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57. The nurse is recording blood pressure and counting pulse rate of a patient who uses cocaine. What is the expected finding in this patient?
  1. Hypertension and decreased heart rate
  2. Hypertension and increased heart rate
  3. Hypotension and increased heart rate
  4. Hypotension and decreased heart rate
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58. When the patient is being monitored for cardiogenic shock with one of the devices like extracorporeal life support, left ventricular assist device, or intraaortic balloon pump, what lab value must be monitored to prevent these devices from becoming clotted?
  1. Potassium and sodium
  2. Prothrombin time, International Normalized Ratio (INR)
  3. Cardiac markers and Troponin
  4. B-type Natriuretic Peptide
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59. Which one of the listed statements correctly describes the flow of blood in an individual with an atrial septal defect who develops Eisenmenger’s syndrome?
  1. Aorta to pulmonary artery to lungs to left atrium to left ventricle to aorta
  2. Left atrium to right atrium to right ventricle to lungs to left atrium
  3. Left ventricle to right ventricle to lungs to left atrium to right ventricle
  4. Right atrium to left atrium to left ventricle to aorta to right atrium
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60. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of tetralogy of fallot?
  1. Large ventricular septal defect
  2. Right ventricular outflow obstruction
  3. Right ventricular hypertrophy
  4. A left to right cardiac shunt
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