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Fundementals of Cardiac Nursing Acadamy 101

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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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