EAQ Cardiovascular Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
a patient has been diagnosed with 89% blockage in the left main
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coronary artery. which statements by the patient indicate referred pain
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of angina? select all that apply - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--"I usually get a
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pain in the jaw"
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-"moving my neck is very painful" | | | | |
-"the pain seems to radiate through my left arm"
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a nurse is assessing an athlete who has come for a routine medical
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checkup. the patient has a family history of heart disease. the patient
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asks the nurse, "can i get heart disease too?" which response would the
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nurse provide" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-"you could have heart disease,
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especially if you don't have a healthy lifestyle"| | | | | | |
which assessment findings would the nurse expect when assessing a
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patient with right-sided heart failure? select all that apply. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--peripheral cyanosis |
-jugular vein distention | |
-pitting edema of the lower extremities
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,an older adult presents to the ED with recent weight gain, pitting edema
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to the bilateral lower extremities, and distended neck veins. which
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other assessment findings would the nurse expect? select all that apply.
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--lower extremity cyanosis
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-third heart sound (S3) upon auscultation
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-displaced point of maximal impulse (PMI)
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which category of medication helps reduce afterload in patients with
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heart failure? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-angiotensin-converting enzyme
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(ACE) inhibitors|
which conditions are primary causes of heart failure? select all that
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apply. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--myocarditis
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-coronary artery disease | |
a nurse is caring for a patient with pleural effusion who has S3 and S4
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heart sounds, crackles, and an increased heart rate. which condition is
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likely affecting the patient? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-left-sided heart
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failure
which primary causes of heart failure are linked to specific genes and
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gene mutations? select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
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hypertension
-cardiomyopathy
, -coronary artery disease | |
which items in a patient's medical history are risk factors for heart
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failure? select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--hypertension
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-metabolic syndrome |
which finding would the nurse monitor in the patient who has left-sided
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heart failure? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pulmonary congestion
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which finding in the medical record of a patient with heart failure (HF) is
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not consistent with the patient's diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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bradycardia
which condition causes the symptoms of right-sided heart failure? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-systemic venous congestion
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a patient diagnosed with heart failure experiences fatigue. which factor
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causes the fatigue? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-impaired perfusion to vital
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organs
a patient is diagnosed with left-sided heart failure. which assessment
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finding would the nurse expect? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-orthopnea
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Correct Answers
a patient has been diagnosed with 89% blockage in the left main
| | | | | | | | | | | |
coronary artery. which statements by the patient indicate referred pain
| | | | | | | | | |
of angina? select all that apply - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--"I usually get a
| | | | | | | | | | | |
pain in the jaw"
| | |
-"moving my neck is very painful" | | | | |
-"the pain seems to radiate through my left arm"
| | | | | | | |
a nurse is assessing an athlete who has come for a routine medical
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
checkup. the patient has a family history of heart disease. the patient
| | | | | | | | | | | |
asks the nurse, "can i get heart disease too?" which response would the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
nurse provide" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-"you could have heart disease,
| | | | | | | | |
especially if you don't have a healthy lifestyle"| | | | | | |
which assessment findings would the nurse expect when assessing a
| | | | | | | | | |
patient with right-sided heart failure? select all that apply. - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔--peripheral cyanosis |
-jugular vein distention | |
-pitting edema of the lower extremities
| | | | |
,an older adult presents to the ED with recent weight gain, pitting edema
| | | | | | | | | | | |
to the bilateral lower extremities, and distended neck veins. which
| | | | | | | | | | |
other assessment findings would the nurse expect? select all that apply.
| | | | | | | | | |
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--lower extremity cyanosis
| | | | |
-third heart sound (S3) upon auscultation
| | | | |
-displaced point of maximal impulse (PMI)
| | | | |
which category of medication helps reduce afterload in patients with
| | | | | | | | | |
heart failure? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-angiotensin-converting enzyme
| | | | | |
(ACE) inhibitors|
which conditions are primary causes of heart failure? select all that
| | | | | | | | | | |
apply. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--myocarditis
| | |
-coronary artery disease | |
a nurse is caring for a patient with pleural effusion who has S3 and S4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
heart sounds, crackles, and an increased heart rate. which condition is
| | | | | | | | | | |
likely affecting the patient? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-left-sided heart
| | | | | | | |
failure
which primary causes of heart failure are linked to specific genes and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
gene mutations? select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
| | | | | | | |
hypertension
-cardiomyopathy
, -coronary artery disease | |
which items in a patient's medical history are risk factors for heart
| | | | | | | | | | | |
failure? select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--hypertension
| | | | | | |
-metabolic syndrome |
which finding would the nurse monitor in the patient who has left-sided
| | | | | | | | | | | |
heart failure? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pulmonary congestion
| | | | |
which finding in the medical record of a patient with heart failure (HF) is
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
not consistent with the patient's diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
bradycardia
which condition causes the symptoms of right-sided heart failure? -
| | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-systemic venous congestion
| | |
a patient diagnosed with heart failure experiences fatigue. which factor
| | | | | | | | | |
causes the fatigue? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-impaired perfusion to vital
| | | | | | | | |
organs
a patient is diagnosed with left-sided heart failure. which assessment
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finding would the nurse expect? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-orthopnea
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