CARDIAC NCLEX TEST QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
calcium channel blockers are like ________
valium for your heart-- calms the heart down
calcium channel blockers are
negative inotropic (force), chronotropic (time), dromotropic (speed)
positive inotropic, chronotropic, dromotropic are cardiac _______
are cardiac stimulants
calcium channel blockers treat
A- antihypertensives
AA- anti anginal (lowers oxygen demand)
AAA- anti atrial arrhythmia
side effects of CCB
HnH
h-headache n hypotension
names of CCB
anything that ends in -dipine.
dipping in the calcium channel blockers
hold CCB if systolic BP is _____
, <100
V fib rhythm strip
chaotic squiggly line, no pattern
V tach rhythm strip
sharp V's and jig jag lines, pattern
qrst depolarization meaning
ventricular
p wave meaning
atrial
a lack of qrs meaning
asystole
"sawtooth" meaning
flutter (i saw the teeth and my heart fluttered)
"chaotic" meaning
fibrillation
"bizarre"
tachycardia
CORRECT ANSWERS
calcium channel blockers are like ________
valium for your heart-- calms the heart down
calcium channel blockers are
negative inotropic (force), chronotropic (time), dromotropic (speed)
positive inotropic, chronotropic, dromotropic are cardiac _______
are cardiac stimulants
calcium channel blockers treat
A- antihypertensives
AA- anti anginal (lowers oxygen demand)
AAA- anti atrial arrhythmia
side effects of CCB
HnH
h-headache n hypotension
names of CCB
anything that ends in -dipine.
dipping in the calcium channel blockers
hold CCB if systolic BP is _____
, <100
V fib rhythm strip
chaotic squiggly line, no pattern
V tach rhythm strip
sharp V's and jig jag lines, pattern
qrst depolarization meaning
ventricular
p wave meaning
atrial
a lack of qrs meaning
asystole
"sawtooth" meaning
flutter (i saw the teeth and my heart fluttered)
"chaotic" meaning
fibrillation
"bizarre"
tachycardia