HEALTHSTREAM TELEMETRY VERSION 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. LATEST 2023/2024 A+ GRADED

HEALTHSTREAM TELEMETRY VERSION 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. LATEST 2023/2024 A+ GRADED Description The RN: Telemetry Test covers topics related to the application of the nursing process to patients in a designated telemetry bed. Topics include cardiac anatomy, ACLS protocols, patient safety, treatments for dysrhythmias, cardiac emergencies, and additional knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for successful job performance by a telemetry nurse. Course Version: 3 Congratulations, you passed this test! Question 1 of 35CORRECT The nurse is giving discharge education to a patient who is obese and has been newly diagnosed with sleep apnea. The nurse determines that the patient understands the discharge teaching if he states: Question 2 of 35CORRECT Why are MAOIs considered a last resort antidepressant? Question 3 of 35INCORRECT Which type of antidepressant can block the reuptake of dopamine when prescribed at higher doses? Correct Answer Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) Question 4 of 35CORRECT Your Answer a. Chest pain that is predictable in onset, intensity, and duration Your Answer Crush the tablet and mix it with food. Feedback The preferred way to give a medication when a patient is unable to swallow a tablet Your Answer c. heart failure. Your Answer b. Quadrigeminy Your Answer d. respiratory alkalosis. Which clinical manifestation does a patient with stable angina exhibit? Question 5 of 35INCORRECT Which is the preferred way to give a medication when a patient is unable to swallow a tablet? Question 6 of 35CORRECT The nurse notices that a cardiovascular patient needs to sit upright to breathe. This behavior is most indicative of: Question 7 of 35CORRECT The telemetry nurse is examining a rhythm strip and notices a repeated four-beat pattern, usually occurring as three sequential normal complexes followed by a premature complex and a pause, with the same pattern repeating itself in a four-beat pattern. What is the name of this pattern? Question 8 of 35CORRECT The nurse is caring for a patient that is diagnosed with bacterial sepsis. The nurse knows that patients with bacteremia from any source often have an increased breathing rate which results in: Question 9 of 35CORRECT Correct Answer Give the medication in liquid form. Your Answer b. diabetes-related heart disease. Your Answer b. 48 hours Your Answer c. serum lactate. Your Answer a. apical pulse for 1 minute. Your Answer b. remind the patient to be as still as possible during the ECG. Your Answer Pull the pinna outward and upward. The telemetry nurse is caring for a patient who has atrial fibrillation. The patient is attempting to understand how this dysrhythmia came to affect him. The nurse educates this patient about comorbidities that may be associated with atrial fibrillation, including