HESI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED EXAM

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HESI PHARMACOLOGY
PROCTORED EXAM
PASS ON 1ST ATTEMPT

1. A nurse is teaching staff about the conduction of the heart. In which order


will the nurse present the conduction cycle, starting with the first structure?
1. Bundle of His
2. Purkinje network
3. Intraatrial pathways
4. Sinoatrial (SA) node
5. Atrioventricular (AV) node
a. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1



b. 4, 3, 5, 1, 2
c. 4, 5, 3, 1, 2


d. 5, 3, 4, 2, 1

ANS: B
The conduction system originates with the SA node, the “pacemaker” of the
heart. The electrical impulses are transmitted through the atria along
intraatrial pathways to the AV node. It assists atrial emptying by delaying the
impulse before transmitting it through the Bundle of His and the ventricular
Purkinje network.
2. A nurse is teaching the patient with mitral valve problems about the valves
in the heart. Starting on the right side of the heart, describe the sequence of
the blood flow through these valves.
1. Mitral
2. Aortic
3. Tricuspid
4. Pulmonic
a. 1, 3, 2, 4

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b. 4, 3, 2, 1
c. 3, 4, 1, 2

d. 2, 4, 1, 3

ANS: C 1
The blood flows through the valves in the following direction: tricuspid,