Cardiac Cath Lab RN A - Prophecy/ Relias
Exam Questions and Answers 2025
A hematoma is found when handing off patient care to recovery nurse.
What IMMEDIATE actions can be taken to ensure that the hematoma
does not progress? --- correct precise answer ---Apply pressure to
access site
Your patient is newly prescribed Brilinta post PCI. What piece of
education is MOST important before discharge? --- correct precise
answer ---Take Brilinta twice a day and do not miss any doses
What does the dicrotic notch represent on the arterial waveform? ---
correct precise answer ---Closure of the aortic valve
Which medications should be ready for the physician to be given
intracoronary when experiencing slow flow phenomenon? --- correct
precise answer ---Diltiazem (Cardizem), Nipride (sodium
nitroprusside), Cardene (Nicardipine)
What finding would be MOST concerning post sheath removal? ---
correct precise answer ---Hematoma at insertion site
, In order to calculate Fick cardiac output which of the following
saturations do you need? --- correct precise answer ---AO and PA
What is the FIRST action you should take if a patient who is receiving
moderate sedation has the following vital signs: HR 82, SpO2 93%, RR
18, elevated end tidal CO2 and begins snoring? --- correct precise
answer ---Open airway with head tilt/chin lift
What intervention do you expect would be ordered for a patient with a
blood pressure of 128/83, elevated right atrial, left ventricular, and
pulmonary artery pressures, along with SOB, adventitious lung
sounds, and SpO2 87%? --- correct precise answer ---Lasix
What size wires are usually utilized in coronary balloon angioplasty? -
-- correct precise answer ---0.014 x 180
Which cardiac pressure findings are consistent with aortic stenosis? --
- correct precise answer ---LV pressure is greater than the AO
pressure
A patient has just had a cardiovascular procedure and arrives in the
recovery area with a sheath in place in the right groin. Their ACT in
Exam Questions and Answers 2025
A hematoma is found when handing off patient care to recovery nurse.
What IMMEDIATE actions can be taken to ensure that the hematoma
does not progress? --- correct precise answer ---Apply pressure to
access site
Your patient is newly prescribed Brilinta post PCI. What piece of
education is MOST important before discharge? --- correct precise
answer ---Take Brilinta twice a day and do not miss any doses
What does the dicrotic notch represent on the arterial waveform? ---
correct precise answer ---Closure of the aortic valve
Which medications should be ready for the physician to be given
intracoronary when experiencing slow flow phenomenon? --- correct
precise answer ---Diltiazem (Cardizem), Nipride (sodium
nitroprusside), Cardene (Nicardipine)
What finding would be MOST concerning post sheath removal? ---
correct precise answer ---Hematoma at insertion site
, In order to calculate Fick cardiac output which of the following
saturations do you need? --- correct precise answer ---AO and PA
What is the FIRST action you should take if a patient who is receiving
moderate sedation has the following vital signs: HR 82, SpO2 93%, RR
18, elevated end tidal CO2 and begins snoring? --- correct precise
answer ---Open airway with head tilt/chin lift
What intervention do you expect would be ordered for a patient with a
blood pressure of 128/83, elevated right atrial, left ventricular, and
pulmonary artery pressures, along with SOB, adventitious lung
sounds, and SpO2 87%? --- correct precise answer ---Lasix
What size wires are usually utilized in coronary balloon angioplasty? -
-- correct precise answer ---0.014 x 180
Which cardiac pressure findings are consistent with aortic stenosis? --
- correct precise answer ---LV pressure is greater than the AO
pressure
A patient has just had a cardiovascular procedure and arrives in the
recovery area with a sheath in place in the right groin. Their ACT in
