NSG 320/ NSG320 | Exam 2 ABSN |
Questions & Answers| Grade A| 100%
Correct | (NEW 2025/ 2026) GCU
1. What is the gold standard for diagnosis of CAD?: Cardiac
Catheterization
2. What does the P wave represent?: atrial depolarization
(contraction)
3. What does the QRS complex represent?: ventricular depolarization
(contracting)
4. What does the T wave represent?: ventricular repolarization
(relaxation)
5. What IV medication is pushed for sinus bradycardia?: Atropine
6. What dysrhythmia puts a person at increased risk of stroke?:
Atrial Fibrillation
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, 7. What is the FIRST thing you do when the monitor shows V. Tach?:
Check the pulse
8. What do you do for V. Tach without a pulse?: CPR and rapid
defibrillation
9. What is the HR in V. Fib?: None detected
10. What are the shockable rhythms?: V-fib, pulseless V-tach
11. What is the pacemaker of the heart?: SA node
12. What sided HF is more common?: Left Sided HF
13. Symptoms such as restlessness, confusion, tachycardia, dyspnea,
and cyanosis are commonly associated with what type of HF?:
Left sided
14. Symptoms such as ascites, enlarged liver or spleen, GI distress,
and JVD are commonly associated with what type of HF?: Right
sided
15. What are the main causes for HF?: HTN and CAD
16. What drug is the first line of treatment for HF?: Captopril (ACE
inhibitor)