Answers
Question: EKGs are used to determine ____________ cardiac functioning, response to cardiac
_____________ or interventions, investigate chest __________, or evaluate the ___________ of the heart.
Correct Answer: baseline, medications, pain, condition
Question: 1. The normal expected EKG rhythm is __________________.
Correct Answer: Normal Sinus Rhythm
Question: Nurses can help ensure an accurate reading by applying the leads in the correct
_______________, ensuring the leads are _______________ well, instructing the patient to
__________________.
Correct Answer: positions, adhered, hold still
Question: ______________ is an unexpected reading that often results from lead ______________ or
patient ______________.
Correct Answer: artifact, nonadherence, movement
Question: When applying a 3 or 5 lead EKG, the nurse places the __________ lead on the right and uses
snow over ___________, ____________ over fire, and __________ near the heart to place the remaining
lead colors
Correct Answer: white, grass, smoke, chocolate
Question: With a 12 lead EKG the nurse places the first lead to the ________________ of the sternum at
the ________________ intercostal space.
Correct Answer: right, fourth
Question: Infection control is important because it helps prevent complications that often require additional
therapies and ___________________ or have the potential to __________ the patient or _____________
their stay.
Correct Answer: treatment, harm, extend
Question: Standard precautions, including donning ________________ or a _____________, are utilized
for any and ______________ patients when there is a risk for exposure to
_____________________________ .
Correct Answer: gloves, gown, all, bodily substances
Question: Nurses help decrease the spread of infection by eliminating one or more of the pieces in the
___________ of infection.
Correct Answer: chain
Question: Name 3 procedures that require surgical asepsis
Correct Answer: : urinary catherization, lumbar puncture,
Question: Vital signs are an excellent indicator of the presence of health _______________ or changes in
the health ______________ of a patient