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Cardiac-Vascular Nursing Exam Prep I - Question List

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6. A patient is taking Lisinopril 10mg. The nurse knows that the desired effect for this medication would be to?
  1. Relieve abdominal pain
  2. Decrease heart rate
  3. Decrease blood pressure
  4. Decrease body temperature
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The nurse is assessing a patient suspected to have myocardial infarction. Which of the following questions is a priority?

  1. Are you undergoing a lot of stress lately?
  2. When did these symptoms start?
  3. Did you take any medications recently?
  4. All of the above
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8. The nurse records the EKG of an asymptomatic patient. Which of the following EKG findings confirms the diagnosis of Wenckebach phenomena?
  1. No definite relation between P-wave and QRS complex
  2. Progressive lengthening of PR interval followed by a P wave without an associated QRS complex
  3. Prolonged PR interval with narrow QRS complex
  4. Prolonged PR interval with wide QRS complex
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9. An 80-year-old female patient presents with tender painful knee joints. Which of the following pharmacologic agents may be useful in treatment of her condition?
  1. Corticosteroids, hydroxychloroquine, dicyclomine
  2. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, methotrexate, corticosteroids
  3. Anabolic steroid, colchicines, pethidine
  4. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, aspirin, morphine
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10. A 45-year-old male patient has waist circumference of 105 cm. His blood examination shows fasting plasma glucose of 120mg/dL, triglyceride levels 180 mg/dL, high-density lipid cholesterol 30 mg/dL. He is at risk of developing which of the following set of conditions?
  1. Fatty liver, hepatitis, anxiety disorder
  2. Liver cirrhosis, insomnia, cor pulmonale
  3. Cardiomyopathy, hepatitis, pancreatitis
  4. Fatty liver, gallstones and sleep apnea
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