CCRI Nursing 1020 Exam 1
(Exemplars) Questions and Answers
2026.
arteriosclerosis - Answer thickening/hardening of arterial wall
atherosclerosis - Answer a type of arteriosclerosis- formation of plaque inside arterial wall
Risk factors for PVD - Answer - genetics
-diabetes
- smoking
-stress
- af american or hsp ethnicity
Total Cholesterol - Answer <200
the most common cause of secondary hypertension - Answer kidney disease
d dimer - Answer - a test of coagulation activation
- measures fibrin degradation products produced from fibrinolysis (clot breakdown).
- used for the diagnosis of DVT when the patient has few clinical signs and stratifies patients into
a high-risk category for reoccurrence
Drug Therapy for pvd - Answer Diuretics
calcium channel blockers
ace inhibitor
calcium channel blockers - Answer decrease Heart rate
Calcium channel blockers are prescription medications that relax blood vessels and increase the
supply of blood and oxygen to the heart while also reducing the heart's workload
no grapefruit juice
ace inhibitors - Answer - dilate your blood vessels to improve the amount of blood your
heart pumps and lower blood pressure.
, -increase blood flow, which helps to decrease the amount of work your heart has to do
pril meds
causes orthostatic hypotension
hyPERkalemia
hypotension
dry cough
beta adrenergic blockers - Answer block beta receptors in heart and peripherals
This type of high blood pressure medicine makes the heartbeat slow down. Beta-blockers also
keep your heart from pumping so hard. This makes blood go through your vessels with less
force. The pressure inside your blood vessels goes down.
decrease heart rate
decrease myocardial contraction
lol's
hypertension nursing care - Answer D aily weight
I&O
U rine output
R esponse of B/P
E lectrolytes
T ake pulses
I schemic episodes
C omplications
Peripheral Arterial Disorder - Answer - intermitten claudication pain
- no edema
- no plus or weak pulse
- no drainage
- round smooth sores- on feet and toes
- black eschar
blood cannot perfuse to organs throughout body
- resting pain
- numbness burning pain
(Exemplars) Questions and Answers
2026.
arteriosclerosis - Answer thickening/hardening of arterial wall
atherosclerosis - Answer a type of arteriosclerosis- formation of plaque inside arterial wall
Risk factors for PVD - Answer - genetics
-diabetes
- smoking
-stress
- af american or hsp ethnicity
Total Cholesterol - Answer <200
the most common cause of secondary hypertension - Answer kidney disease
d dimer - Answer - a test of coagulation activation
- measures fibrin degradation products produced from fibrinolysis (clot breakdown).
- used for the diagnosis of DVT when the patient has few clinical signs and stratifies patients into
a high-risk category for reoccurrence
Drug Therapy for pvd - Answer Diuretics
calcium channel blockers
ace inhibitor
calcium channel blockers - Answer decrease Heart rate
Calcium channel blockers are prescription medications that relax blood vessels and increase the
supply of blood and oxygen to the heart while also reducing the heart's workload
no grapefruit juice
ace inhibitors - Answer - dilate your blood vessels to improve the amount of blood your
heart pumps and lower blood pressure.
, -increase blood flow, which helps to decrease the amount of work your heart has to do
pril meds
causes orthostatic hypotension
hyPERkalemia
hypotension
dry cough
beta adrenergic blockers - Answer block beta receptors in heart and peripherals
This type of high blood pressure medicine makes the heartbeat slow down. Beta-blockers also
keep your heart from pumping so hard. This makes blood go through your vessels with less
force. The pressure inside your blood vessels goes down.
decrease heart rate
decrease myocardial contraction
lol's
hypertension nursing care - Answer D aily weight
I&O
U rine output
R esponse of B/P
E lectrolytes
T ake pulses
I schemic episodes
C omplications
Peripheral Arterial Disorder - Answer - intermitten claudication pain
- no edema
- no plus or weak pulse
- no drainage
- round smooth sores- on feet and toes
- black eschar
blood cannot perfuse to organs throughout body
- resting pain
- numbness burning pain
