CARDIOVASCULAR NCLEX CORRECT EXAMS
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔While planning care for a heart patient, which principle should the nurse recall?
Right ventricular afterload is affected by:
a. Vascular resistance in the systemic vessels
b. Right end-diastolic pressure
c. Pressures in the vena cava
d. Pulmonary vascular resistance - ✔✔d. Pulmonary vascular resistance
✔✔Which principle should the nurse remember while planning care for a cardiac
patient? Pressure in the left ventricle must exceed pressure in the _____ before the left
ventricle can eject blood.
a. Coronary arteries
b. Aorta
c. Inferior vena cava
d. Pulmonary veins - ✔✔b. Aorta
✔✔A 50-year-old female presents with a low heart rate and low blood pressure. She is
given an intravenous (IV) infusion of fluids. The increase in atrial distension results in:
,a. Renal retention of fluids
b. Depressed myocardial contractility
c. Release of acetylcholine
d. Increased heart rate - ✔✔d. Increased heart rate
✔✔A nurse observes a cardiologist multiplying the heart rate by stroke volume. What is
the cardiologist measuring?
a. Vascular resistance
b. Preload
c. Cardiac output
d. Ejection fraction - ✔✔c. Cardiac output
✔✔A patient researches baroreceptors online. Which information indicates a good
understanding? Baroreceptors are located in the:
a. Renal artery
b. Superior vena cava
c. Carotid sinus
d. Circle of Willis - ✔✔c. Carotid sinus
✔✔A nurse is evaluating the direct end effect of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone
system. Which principle should the nurse remember?
a. Angiotensin II causes systemic vasoconstriction.
b. Renin promotes the excretion of sodium and water in the renal tubules.
c. Aldosterone increases renal retention of water only.
d. Angiotensin I promotes sodium and water reabsorption by the kidneys. - ✔✔a.
Angiotensin II causes systemic vasoconstriction.
✔✔When a patient wants to know about the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system,
what is the nurse's best response? Conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II
happens in the:
a. Lungs
b. Liver
c. Kidneys
d. Heart - ✔✔a. Lungs
✔✔A nurse is discussing the different types of regulation. Which regulation is the nurse
describing? Local myogenic regulation of blood vessel diameter and thus blood flow
through a vessel is an example of:
a. Autonomic regulation
b. Somatic regulation
, c. Autoregulation
d. Metabolic regulation - ✔✔c. Autoregulation
✔✔The pulmonologist is presenting a workshop over the lungs. Which information
should be included? The lung receives parasympathetic innervation by the _____ nerve.
a. Vagus
b. Phrenic
c. Brachial
d. Pectoral - ✔✔a. Vagus
✔✔If an individual with respiratory difficulty were retaining too much carbon dioxide,
which of the following compensatory responses would the nurse expect to be initiated?
a. Increase in respiratory rate
b. Decrease in ventilation rate
c. Increase in tidal volume
d. Vasodilation of the pulmonary arterioles - ✔✔a. Increase in respiratory rate
✔✔A nurse remembers the majority of total airway resistance occurs in the:
a. Bronchi
b. Nose
c. Oral pharynx
d. Diaphragm - ✔✔b. Nose
✔✔An aide asks a nurse how surfactant works. How should the nurse respond?
Surfactant facilitates alveolar distention and ventilation by:
a. Decreasing thoracic compliance
b. Attracting water to the alveolar surface
c. Decreasing surface tension in alveoli
d. Increasing diffusion in alveoli - ✔✔c. Decreasing surface tension in alveoli
✔✔A patient asks how oxygen is transported in the body. What is the nurse's best
response? Most of the oxygen (O2) is transported
a. Dissolved in the plasma
b. Bound to hemoglobin
c. In the form of carbon dioxide (CO2)
d. As a free-floating molecule - ✔✔b. Bound to hemoglobin
✔✔A consequence of alveolar hypoxia is:
a. Reactive vasodilation
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔While planning care for a heart patient, which principle should the nurse recall?
Right ventricular afterload is affected by:
a. Vascular resistance in the systemic vessels
b. Right end-diastolic pressure
c. Pressures in the vena cava
d. Pulmonary vascular resistance - ✔✔d. Pulmonary vascular resistance
✔✔Which principle should the nurse remember while planning care for a cardiac
patient? Pressure in the left ventricle must exceed pressure in the _____ before the left
ventricle can eject blood.
a. Coronary arteries
b. Aorta
c. Inferior vena cava
d. Pulmonary veins - ✔✔b. Aorta
✔✔A 50-year-old female presents with a low heart rate and low blood pressure. She is
given an intravenous (IV) infusion of fluids. The increase in atrial distension results in:
,a. Renal retention of fluids
b. Depressed myocardial contractility
c. Release of acetylcholine
d. Increased heart rate - ✔✔d. Increased heart rate
✔✔A nurse observes a cardiologist multiplying the heart rate by stroke volume. What is
the cardiologist measuring?
a. Vascular resistance
b. Preload
c. Cardiac output
d. Ejection fraction - ✔✔c. Cardiac output
✔✔A patient researches baroreceptors online. Which information indicates a good
understanding? Baroreceptors are located in the:
a. Renal artery
b. Superior vena cava
c. Carotid sinus
d. Circle of Willis - ✔✔c. Carotid sinus
✔✔A nurse is evaluating the direct end effect of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone
system. Which principle should the nurse remember?
a. Angiotensin II causes systemic vasoconstriction.
b. Renin promotes the excretion of sodium and water in the renal tubules.
c. Aldosterone increases renal retention of water only.
d. Angiotensin I promotes sodium and water reabsorption by the kidneys. - ✔✔a.
Angiotensin II causes systemic vasoconstriction.
✔✔When a patient wants to know about the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system,
what is the nurse's best response? Conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II
happens in the:
a. Lungs
b. Liver
c. Kidneys
d. Heart - ✔✔a. Lungs
✔✔A nurse is discussing the different types of regulation. Which regulation is the nurse
describing? Local myogenic regulation of blood vessel diameter and thus blood flow
through a vessel is an example of:
a. Autonomic regulation
b. Somatic regulation
, c. Autoregulation
d. Metabolic regulation - ✔✔c. Autoregulation
✔✔The pulmonologist is presenting a workshop over the lungs. Which information
should be included? The lung receives parasympathetic innervation by the _____ nerve.
a. Vagus
b. Phrenic
c. Brachial
d. Pectoral - ✔✔a. Vagus
✔✔If an individual with respiratory difficulty were retaining too much carbon dioxide,
which of the following compensatory responses would the nurse expect to be initiated?
a. Increase in respiratory rate
b. Decrease in ventilation rate
c. Increase in tidal volume
d. Vasodilation of the pulmonary arterioles - ✔✔a. Increase in respiratory rate
✔✔A nurse remembers the majority of total airway resistance occurs in the:
a. Bronchi
b. Nose
c. Oral pharynx
d. Diaphragm - ✔✔b. Nose
✔✔An aide asks a nurse how surfactant works. How should the nurse respond?
Surfactant facilitates alveolar distention and ventilation by:
a. Decreasing thoracic compliance
b. Attracting water to the alveolar surface
c. Decreasing surface tension in alveoli
d. Increasing diffusion in alveoli - ✔✔c. Decreasing surface tension in alveoli
✔✔A patient asks how oxygen is transported in the body. What is the nurse's best
response? Most of the oxygen (O2) is transported
a. Dissolved in the plasma
b. Bound to hemoglobin
c. In the form of carbon dioxide (CO2)
d. As a free-floating molecule - ✔✔b. Bound to hemoglobin
✔✔A consequence of alveolar hypoxia is:
a. Reactive vasodilation
