NR 545 EXAM 2 PRACTICE EVALUATION 2026
QUESTION BANK FULL SOLUTION SET
◉ What causes coronary heart disease?
Answer: build up of plaque made by cholesterol in the arteries
◉ How do you diagnose CAD ?
Answer: EKG
Echo
Stress test
Chest xray
Angiogram
◉ What is ischemia?
Answer: lack of blood flow
◉ ischemia is also called ?
Answer: Coronary artery disease
◉ what are the assessment findings for ischemia ?
Answer: Pain or discomfort in upper body
,Angina
Cold sweat
Feeling full , indigestion
Nausea
Dizzy
Fast ir irregular heart beat
◉ What is a holter monitor?
Answer: An ambulatory ECG that monitors patients for 24-48 hours
◉ what are the EKG findings of myocardial ischemia ?
Answer: ST depression
◉ How do you treat Ischemia ?
Answer: Nitroglycerin
Beta blockers
Calcium channel blockers
Thrombolytics
◉ people who can't take aspirin should take what instead ?
Answer: Clopidogrel
, ◉ What is angina?
Answer: Insufficient oxygen to the heart muscle causing sudden,
severe substernal pain radiating to the left arm
◉ what are the symptoms of angina ?
Answer: - pallor
- Diaphoresis
- Nausea
- elevated BP
- Gallop rhythm or apical murmur
◉ How long do attacks of angina last ?
Answer: 3-20 mins
◉ How do you diagnoses angina ?
Answer: - troponin
- CK-MB
-ECG
◉ what is the other name for myocardial infarction?
Answer: heart attack
QUESTION BANK FULL SOLUTION SET
◉ What causes coronary heart disease?
Answer: build up of plaque made by cholesterol in the arteries
◉ How do you diagnose CAD ?
Answer: EKG
Echo
Stress test
Chest xray
Angiogram
◉ What is ischemia?
Answer: lack of blood flow
◉ ischemia is also called ?
Answer: Coronary artery disease
◉ what are the assessment findings for ischemia ?
Answer: Pain or discomfort in upper body
,Angina
Cold sweat
Feeling full , indigestion
Nausea
Dizzy
Fast ir irregular heart beat
◉ What is a holter monitor?
Answer: An ambulatory ECG that monitors patients for 24-48 hours
◉ what are the EKG findings of myocardial ischemia ?
Answer: ST depression
◉ How do you treat Ischemia ?
Answer: Nitroglycerin
Beta blockers
Calcium channel blockers
Thrombolytics
◉ people who can't take aspirin should take what instead ?
Answer: Clopidogrel
, ◉ What is angina?
Answer: Insufficient oxygen to the heart muscle causing sudden,
severe substernal pain radiating to the left arm
◉ what are the symptoms of angina ?
Answer: - pallor
- Diaphoresis
- Nausea
- elevated BP
- Gallop rhythm or apical murmur
◉ How long do attacks of angina last ?
Answer: 3-20 mins
◉ How do you diagnoses angina ?
Answer: - troponin
- CK-MB
-ECG
◉ what is the other name for myocardial infarction?
Answer: heart attack