NSG 6001 FINAL EXAM
1. Your patient of 58 years of age has chronic hypertension. You follow
the guidelines for management as described by the American Heart
Association and now have your patient fully medicated and dosed
with three separate antihypertensive medications without control of
the blood pressure. What should be your next step in the
management of this patient?
Physician consult (As a nurse practitioner it is important to know when
to seek consultation with a physician. The next step would be a physician
consult after prescribing three antihypertensive agents.
2. The reason for the increase in chlamydia diagnosis is thought to be
related to what event?
Increased screening efforts (The increase in chlamydia diagnosis is
thought to be related to increased screening efforts.
3. What are the two types of bradycardia recognized by the American
Heart Association?
Relative and absolute (The two types of bradycardia recognized by the
American Heart Association are relative and absolute.)
4. The leads on the ECG showing ischemic changes during or immediately
after an ETT can correlate roughly to the culprit artery or arteries with
significant CAD. Is this true or false?
True (This statement is true: the leads on the ECG showing ischemic
changes during or immediately after an ETT can correlate roughly to the
culprit artery or arteries with significant CAD)
5. What are the most common mechanisms to produce cardiac
arrhythmias?
1. Your patient of 58 years of age has chronic hypertension. You follow
the guidelines for management as described by the American Heart
Association and now have your patient fully medicated and dosed
with three separate antihypertensive medications without control of
the blood pressure. What should be your next step in the
management of this patient?
Physician consult (As a nurse practitioner it is important to know when
to seek consultation with a physician. The next step would be a physician
consult after prescribing three antihypertensive agents.
2. The reason for the increase in chlamydia diagnosis is thought to be
related to what event?
Increased screening efforts (The increase in chlamydia diagnosis is
thought to be related to increased screening efforts.
3. What are the two types of bradycardia recognized by the American
Heart Association?
Relative and absolute (The two types of bradycardia recognized by the
American Heart Association are relative and absolute.)
4. The leads on the ECG showing ischemic changes during or immediately
after an ETT can correlate roughly to the culprit artery or arteries with
significant CAD. Is this true or false?
True (This statement is true: the leads on the ECG showing ischemic
changes during or immediately after an ETT can correlate roughly to the
culprit artery or arteries with significant CAD)
5. What are the most common mechanisms to produce cardiac
arrhythmias?
