Med-Surg 1 Cardiovascular ATI questions with correct answers
dyspnea on exertion Correct Answer - A nurse is assessing a client who has dilated
cardiomyopathy. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
A nurse is teaching a client who is starting to take an ACE inhibitor to treat hypertension. The nurse should instruct the client to notify his provider if he experiences which of the following adverse effects of his medication? Correct Answer - persistent cough
A nurse is caring for a client who is 8 hr postoperative following a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Which of the following client findings should the nurse report? Correct Answer - Blood pressure 160/80
A nurse is monitoring a client's ECG monitor and notes the client's rhythm has changed from normal sinus rhythm to supraventricular tachycardia. The nurse should prepare to assist with which of the following interventions? Correct Answer
- vagal stimulation
A nurse is caring for a client who had an onset of chest pain 24 hr ago. The nurse should recognize that an increase in which of the following is diagnostic of a myocardial infarction (MI)? Correct Answer - creatine kinase-MB
a nurse is caring for a client who has endocarditis. which of the following findings should the nurse recognize as a potential complication? Correct Answer - valvular disease
a nurse in an emergency room is assessing a client who has a bradydysrhythmia. which of the following findings should the nurse monitor for? Correct Answer - confusion a nurse is caring for a client who is receiving heparin therapy and develops hematuria. which of the following actions should the nurse take if the client's aPTT
is 96 seconds? Correct Answer - stop the heparin infusion
a nurse is providing teaching for a client who is 2 days postoperative following a heart transplant. which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching? Correct Answer - "you might no longer be able to feel chest pain"
a nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who has heart failure. the nurse should instruct the client to report which of the following findings immediately to the provider? Correct Answer - weight gain of 0.9 kg (2 lb) in 24 hr
a nurse in an emergency department is caring for a client who had an anterior myocardial infarction. the client's history reveals she is 1 week postop following an
open cholecystectomy. the nurse should recognize that which of the following interventions is contraindicated? Correct Answer - assisting with thrombolytic therapy
a nurse is reviewing the lab results of several male clients who have peripheral arterial disease. the nurse should plan to provide dietary teaching for the client who
has which of the following lab values? Correct Answer - cholesterol 190 mg/dL, HDL 25 mg/dL, LDL 160 mg/dL
a nurse is caring for a client who is being treated for heart failure and has a prescription for furosemide. the nurse should plan to monitor for which of the following as an adverse effect of this medication? Correct Answer - lightheadedness
dyspnea on exertion Correct Answer - A nurse is assessing a client who has dilated
cardiomyopathy. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
A nurse is teaching a client who is starting to take an ACE inhibitor to treat hypertension. The nurse should instruct the client to notify his provider if he experiences which of the following adverse effects of his medication? Correct Answer - persistent cough
A nurse is caring for a client who is 8 hr postoperative following a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Which of the following client findings should the nurse report? Correct Answer - Blood pressure 160/80
A nurse is monitoring a client's ECG monitor and notes the client's rhythm has changed from normal sinus rhythm to supraventricular tachycardia. The nurse should prepare to assist with which of the following interventions? Correct Answer
- vagal stimulation
A nurse is caring for a client who had an onset of chest pain 24 hr ago. The nurse should recognize that an increase in which of the following is diagnostic of a myocardial infarction (MI)? Correct Answer - creatine kinase-MB
a nurse is caring for a client who has endocarditis. which of the following findings should the nurse recognize as a potential complication? Correct Answer - valvular disease
a nurse in an emergency room is assessing a client who has a bradydysrhythmia. which of the following findings should the nurse monitor for? Correct Answer - confusion a nurse is caring for a client who is receiving heparin therapy and develops hematuria. which of the following actions should the nurse take if the client's aPTT
is 96 seconds? Correct Answer - stop the heparin infusion
a nurse is providing teaching for a client who is 2 days postoperative following a heart transplant. which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching? Correct Answer - "you might no longer be able to feel chest pain"
a nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who has heart failure. the nurse should instruct the client to report which of the following findings immediately to the provider? Correct Answer - weight gain of 0.9 kg (2 lb) in 24 hr
a nurse in an emergency department is caring for a client who had an anterior myocardial infarction. the client's history reveals she is 1 week postop following an
open cholecystectomy. the nurse should recognize that which of the following interventions is contraindicated? Correct Answer - assisting with thrombolytic therapy
a nurse is reviewing the lab results of several male clients who have peripheral arterial disease. the nurse should plan to provide dietary teaching for the client who
has which of the following lab values? Correct Answer - cholesterol 190 mg/dL, HDL 25 mg/dL, LDL 160 mg/dL
a nurse is caring for a client who is being treated for heart failure and has a prescription for furosemide. the nurse should plan to monitor for which of the following as an adverse effect of this medication? Correct Answer - lightheadedness
