Medsurg Exam 3 Heart Failure
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
Question: _________________ and _____________________ are the two leading causes of heart
failure
Correct Answer: Hypertension and coronary heart disease
Question: What should be the focus of prevention strategies to de- crease the leading causes of heart
disease and how can nurses be involved in these prevention activities?
Correct Answer: stop smoking cigs, reduce physical inactivity, diet, birth control
Question: What information should the nurse include in teaching an elder adult with heart failure about
an exercise program?
Correct Answer: Allow longer warm up and cool down periods Resting with feet elevated Adequate
fluid intake Immunizations
Question: Indicate with an arrow which lab test may be elevated or de- creased if the patient is having
symptoms of heart failure. Serum Osmolality: _________________ BNP:
____________________
Correct Answer: Serum Osmolality: Decreased BNP: Increased
Question: What surgical treatment can "cure" heart failure? How suc- cessful is this surgery and why
isn't it performed more often?
Correct Answer: transplant 83% at 1 year 76% at 3 years long road to recovery
Question: What are the two "chief causes of mortality in transplant pa- tients"? (Heart transplant pa-
tients)
Correct Answer: risk of infection and rejection
Question: Identify one type of comple- mentary therapy for heart fail- ure and its effect on the cardio-
vascular system.
Correct Answer: Hawthorne increases the force of myocardial contraction
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
Question: _________________ and _____________________ are the two leading causes of heart
failure
Correct Answer: Hypertension and coronary heart disease
Question: What should be the focus of prevention strategies to de- crease the leading causes of heart
disease and how can nurses be involved in these prevention activities?
Correct Answer: stop smoking cigs, reduce physical inactivity, diet, birth control
Question: What information should the nurse include in teaching an elder adult with heart failure about
an exercise program?
Correct Answer: Allow longer warm up and cool down periods Resting with feet elevated Adequate
fluid intake Immunizations
Question: Indicate with an arrow which lab test may be elevated or de- creased if the patient is having
symptoms of heart failure. Serum Osmolality: _________________ BNP:
____________________
Correct Answer: Serum Osmolality: Decreased BNP: Increased
Question: What surgical treatment can "cure" heart failure? How suc- cessful is this surgery and why
isn't it performed more often?
Correct Answer: transplant 83% at 1 year 76% at 3 years long road to recovery
Question: What are the two "chief causes of mortality in transplant pa- tients"? (Heart transplant pa-
tients)
Correct Answer: risk of infection and rejection
Question: Identify one type of comple- mentary therapy for heart fail- ure and its effect on the cardio-
vascular system.
Correct Answer: Hawthorne increases the force of myocardial contraction
