Fundementals of Cardiac Nursing Acadamy 101 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Cardiac Patient assessment and management

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What is the proper electical pathway of the heart

Purkinje Fibers--> Bundle of HIS--> AV node--> SA node

Bundle of HIS--> Purkinje Fibers--> AV node--> SA node

AV node--> SA node--> Bundle of HIS--> Purkinje Fi

SA node--> AV node--> Bundle of HIS--> Purkinje fibers

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What rhythm would you expect with an absent P wave and Narrow QRS

Junctional Rhythm

Atrial Rhythm

Idoventricular Rhythm

Ventricular Rhythm

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Which step is not a component of EKG Interpration

Assess Rate

Assess Regularity

P Wave for every QRS

Assess Height of P Wave Vs hight of QRS

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What are the is not a specific component of cardiac tissue?

Conductivity

Automaticity

Contractatility

Viability

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What percentage of cardiac output is provided by the Atrial Kick?

10%

20%

15%

25%

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Whera would I find cardiac EPI and a bag valve mask in the crash cart

Top Drawer EPI: 5th Drawer BVM

3rd Drawer EPI: 4th Drawer BVM

2nd Drawer EPI: 3rd Drawer BVM

4th Draer EPI: 4th Drawer BVM

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What lab and frequency must be drawn when patient is recieving Heparin Therapy?

aptt every six hours

aptt every 4 hours

INR every 4 hours

INR every 6 hours

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Your patient presents with right sided heart failure which is no a typical sign of right sided failure?

Ascites

Peripheral edema

Rales

JVD

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Your post op. cardiac patient starts complaining of chest pain what is your first course of action

Call a code

Assess the patient

Call Rapid Response

Administer MONA (Morphine, Oxygen, Nitro, ASA

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Your patient is showing Peaked T Waves what condition would not cause that presentation on the monitor

use of meds that affect QT Interval

Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Acute Myocardial Infarction

Hyperkalemic

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Why is diastole important when measuring cardiac health?

The coronary vessels fill on ventricular diastole

It's not that important

What is diastole

It shows overall heart health

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your patient is bradycardiac and requries atropine. What response are your evaluating for?

Mesotrophic

Dromotrophic

Chronotrophic

Inotrophic

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What does the T Wave represent on the EKG

Ventricular Repolarization

Atrial Repolarization

Junctional Repolarization

Ventricular Depolarization

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What happens to the blood pressure value with an incorrectly sized cuff (too large) placed on the patient

how do you measure a cuff?

no change in value

value will be fasely high

value will be fasely low

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Who was your favorite educator so far?

Danielle

Seth

We were all pretty amazing

Me

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