RCIS CCI Practice Exam 9 Correct 100%

A patient which is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization procedure has renal insufficiency. How long prior to the procedure should they hold their metformin? - Answer48 hrs ____ can have a potential to cause lactic acidosis and should be held for 48 hrs if the pt has renal insufficiency and 24 hrs for the normal pt - Answermetformin External respiration occur in what part of the human body? - Answerpulmonary capillary bed During patient preparation, which should occur first between the patient and the nurse? - Answerthe nurse should greet the pt and introduce themselves If a patient receives too much valium, which of the following would be considered an antidote? - Answerflumazenil (benzo antidote) The nursing staff should start the patient education for the patient that is being admitted for a cardiac procedure when? - Answerwhen the pt is admitted The human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B viruses can be found in which of the following? - Answervaginal secretions blood semen tears saliva breast milk cerebrospinal fluid amniotic fluid urine body cavity fluids According to the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) standards, theCCL (cardiac catheterization laboratory) should provide all of the following except? - Answercost of OSHAS standards Methods for teaching the cardiac patient in preparation for a cardiac catheterization might include which of the following methods? - Answervideos educational tools Pictures of the heart that are taken during the cardiac catheterization would be considered? - Answerangiography _____ would be considered the measuring of pressures in the pts heart - Answerhemodynamics During the preparation for the patient that is going for a cardiac catheterization, aconsent must be obtained. Which of the following people usually obtains this consent? - Answerthe operator/physician that is performing the procedure what are the 4 major components of the conscious sedation protocol - Answermonitoring the pt pre-procedural baseline assessment administration of drugs monitoring of the pt post-procedure How long prior to a cardiac catheterization should the patient be NPO? - Answer8 hrs _________ is considered a severe allergic reaction? - Answeranaphylaxis _____ would be considered painful constriction - Answerangina _____ would be considered the practice to decrease contaminants from entering an operative - Answerasepsis _____ would be considered the absence of cardiac electrical activity - Answerasystole The "flush recipe" used during the Rotablator athrectomy procedure would include all of the following? - Answernormal saline 10ml rotaglide lubricant nitro heparin verapamil Which of the following factors have the ability to influence the myocardial oxygen demand? - Answerpreload aferload contractility HR Which of the following devices (bands) would be considered correct for one that is used when the radial sheaths are being removed? - AnswerTR band While performing a radial catheterization in the CCL the patient starts to experience arterial spasms in their arm. Which of the following interventions would be considered correct for this complication? - Answermedicate for the pain warm compresses to help relax the spastic art medicate with Nifedipine 10mg orally administer sedation verapamil or diltiazem NTG/repeat if needed The large square on the EKG paper would be considered which of the following in seconds? - Answer0.20 secs Of the following, which would be considered the correct daily dosage for Plavix (clopidogrel)? - Answer75 mg