Cardiovascular NCLEX Exam | 250 Next-Gen
NCLEX (NGN) Questions with Correct Answers
Graded A+(2026 Edition)
The nurse is planning care for a patient with heart problems. Which information
should the nurse remember? The _____ artery travels down the interventricular
septum and delivers blood to portions of the left and right ventricle.
a. Right coronary
b. Circumflex
c. Left anterior descending
d. Cardiac
c. Left anterior descending
When a staff member asks where venous blood from the coronary circulation
drains into, what is the best response by the nurse? The:
a. Superior vena cava
b. Inferior vena cava
c. Right atrium
d. Reft atrium
c. Right atrium
,While viewing the electrocardiogram, the nurse recalls the _____ conducts action
potentials down the atrioventricular septum.
a. Bachmann bundle
b. Bundle of His
c. Sinoatrial node
d. Atrioventricular node
b. Bundle of His
A 13-year-old female took a weight loss drug that activated the sympathetic
nervous system. Which of the following assessment findings would the nurse
expect?
a. Decreased myocardial contraction
b. Decreased heart rate
c. Increased cardiac conduction
d. Increased intranodal conduction time
c. Increased cardiac conduction
A 50-year-old female received trauma to the chest that caused severe impairment
of the primary pacemaker cells of the heart. Which of the following areas received
the greatest damage?
a. Atrioventricular (AV) node
b. Sinoatrial (SA) node
,c. Bundle of His
d. Ventricles
b. Sinoatrial (SA) node
A nurse assesses the heart after acetylcholine because the effect of acetylcholine on
the heart is to
a. Decrease the refractory period
b. Increase calcium influx
c. Increase the strength of myocardial contraction
d. Decrease the heart rate
d. Decrease the heart rate
A nurse is discussing the pressure generated at the end of diastole. Which term is
the nurse describing?
a. Preload
b. Afterload
c. Systemic vascular resistance
d. Total peripheral resistance
a. Preload
, Which principle should the nurse remember when planning nursing care for a
patient with heart problems? As stated by the Frank-Starling law, there is a direct
relationship between the _____ of the blood in the heart at the end of diastole and
the _____ of contraction during the next systole.
a. Pressure, duration
b. Volume, force
c. Viscosity, force
d. Viscosity, duration
b. Volume, force
Within a normal physiologic range, an increase in left ventricular end-diastolic
volume would lead the nurse to monitor for:
a. An increased force of contraction
b. A decrease in cardiac output
c. An increase in heart rate
d. Heart failure
a. An increased force of contraction
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
NCLEX (NGN) Questions with Correct Answers
Graded A+(2026 Edition)
The nurse is planning care for a patient with heart problems. Which information
should the nurse remember? The _____ artery travels down the interventricular
septum and delivers blood to portions of the left and right ventricle.
a. Right coronary
b. Circumflex
c. Left anterior descending
d. Cardiac
c. Left anterior descending
When a staff member asks where venous blood from the coronary circulation
drains into, what is the best response by the nurse? The:
a. Superior vena cava
b. Inferior vena cava
c. Right atrium
d. Reft atrium
c. Right atrium
,While viewing the electrocardiogram, the nurse recalls the _____ conducts action
potentials down the atrioventricular septum.
a. Bachmann bundle
b. Bundle of His
c. Sinoatrial node
d. Atrioventricular node
b. Bundle of His
A 13-year-old female took a weight loss drug that activated the sympathetic
nervous system. Which of the following assessment findings would the nurse
expect?
a. Decreased myocardial contraction
b. Decreased heart rate
c. Increased cardiac conduction
d. Increased intranodal conduction time
c. Increased cardiac conduction
A 50-year-old female received trauma to the chest that caused severe impairment
of the primary pacemaker cells of the heart. Which of the following areas received
the greatest damage?
a. Atrioventricular (AV) node
b. Sinoatrial (SA) node
,c. Bundle of His
d. Ventricles
b. Sinoatrial (SA) node
A nurse assesses the heart after acetylcholine because the effect of acetylcholine on
the heart is to
a. Decrease the refractory period
b. Increase calcium influx
c. Increase the strength of myocardial contraction
d. Decrease the heart rate
d. Decrease the heart rate
A nurse is discussing the pressure generated at the end of diastole. Which term is
the nurse describing?
a. Preload
b. Afterload
c. Systemic vascular resistance
d. Total peripheral resistance
a. Preload
, Which principle should the nurse remember when planning nursing care for a
patient with heart problems? As stated by the Frank-Starling law, there is a direct
relationship between the _____ of the blood in the heart at the end of diastole and
the _____ of contraction during the next systole.
a. Pressure, duration
b. Volume, force
c. Viscosity, force
d. Viscosity, duration
b. Volume, force
Within a normal physiologic range, an increase in left ventricular end-diastolic
volume would lead the nurse to monitor for:
a. An increased force of contraction
b. A decrease in cardiac output
c. An increase in heart rate
d. Heart failure
a. An increased force of contraction
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
