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A nurse is caring for client who b. Perform synchronized cardioversion.
is experiencing supraventricular
tachycardia. Upon assessing the The nurse should perform synchronized cardioversion for a client
client, the nurse observes the who has supraventricular tachycardia.
following findings: heart rate
200/min, blood pressure 78/40
mm Hg, and respiratory rate
30/min. Which of the following
actions should then nurse take?
a. Defibrillate the client's heart.
b. Perform synchronized
cardioversion.
c. Begin cardiopulmonary
resuscitation.
d. Administer lidocaine IV bolus.
What rhythms are shockable? ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycarida
(defibrillation)
What dysrhythmia are ventricular arrhythmias
amiodarone and lidocaine
indicated for?
The nurse should initiate CPR for is pulseless or not breathing
a client who what?
, A nurse is preparing a client who D. digoxin
has supraventricular tachycardia
for elective cardioversion. Which Cardiac glycosides, such as digoxin, are withheld prior to
of the following medications cardioversion. These medications can increase ventricular
should the nurse instruct the irritability and put the client at risk for ventricular fibrillation after
client to withhold for 48 hr prior the synchronized countershock of cardioversion
to cardioversion?
A. Enoxaparin
B. Metformin
C. Diazepam
D. Digoxin
_______ are usually given prior to Sedatives like diazepam
cardioversion to reduce anxiety
and minimize discomfort with
the procedure.
Metformin is held before what Ones that involve contrast dye like cardiac catheterization, in
kind of procedures? Example? order to prevent kidney damage.
Why?
__________ prevent blood clots that Anticoagulants like enoxaparin
can be released into the
circulatory system after
cardioversion.
What kind of drugs are withheld cardiac glycosides like digoxin
prior to cardioversion?
condition produced by
hyperthyroidism in which the eyeballs
exopthalmosis protrude beyond their normal
protective orbit because of swelling in
the tissues behind them
the inversion of the edge of an eyelid
entropion
the eversion of the edge of an eyelid
ectropion
drooping
ptosis
ATI Med Surg
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ATI MED SURG PROCTORED EXAM ... ATI Proctored 283 BIO 669 Exam 2
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A nurse is caring for client who b. Perform synchronized cardioversion.
is experiencing supraventricular
tachycardia. Upon assessing the The nurse should perform synchronized cardioversion for a client
client, the nurse observes the who has supraventricular tachycardia.
following findings: heart rate
200/min, blood pressure 78/40
mm Hg, and respiratory rate
30/min. Which of the following
actions should then nurse take?
a. Defibrillate the client's heart.
b. Perform synchronized
cardioversion.
c. Begin cardiopulmonary
resuscitation.
d. Administer lidocaine IV bolus.
What rhythms are shockable? ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycarida
(defibrillation)
What dysrhythmia are ventricular arrhythmias
amiodarone and lidocaine
indicated for?
The nurse should initiate CPR for is pulseless or not breathing
a client who what?
, A nurse is preparing a client who D. digoxin
has supraventricular tachycardia
for elective cardioversion. Which Cardiac glycosides, such as digoxin, are withheld prior to
of the following medications cardioversion. These medications can increase ventricular
should the nurse instruct the irritability and put the client at risk for ventricular fibrillation after
client to withhold for 48 hr prior the synchronized countershock of cardioversion
to cardioversion?
A. Enoxaparin
B. Metformin
C. Diazepam
D. Digoxin
_______ are usually given prior to Sedatives like diazepam
cardioversion to reduce anxiety
and minimize discomfort with
the procedure.
Metformin is held before what Ones that involve contrast dye like cardiac catheterization, in
kind of procedures? Example? order to prevent kidney damage.
Why?
__________ prevent blood clots that Anticoagulants like enoxaparin
can be released into the
circulatory system after
cardioversion.
What kind of drugs are withheld cardiac glycosides like digoxin
prior to cardioversion?
condition produced by
hyperthyroidism in which the eyeballs
exopthalmosis protrude beyond their normal
protective orbit because of swelling in
the tissues behind them
the inversion of the edge of an eyelid
entropion
the eversion of the edge of an eyelid
ectropion
drooping
ptosis
