NSG6001 Final Study Guide
Questions & Detailed Answers
What are the most common mechanisms to produce cardiac arrhythmias? - correct answer
✔✔enhanced automaticity, triggered activity or reentry
You are in the clinic with your mentor observing exercise test of a 45 year old who has been
experiencing slight chest pressure almost daily during exercise. While observing your patient
your mentor points out that the left ventricle wall is thinning and there is some hyperkinesia of
the ventricular wall. From your time in the clinic you know that this test will be what type of
result - correct answer ✔✔positive
A 65 year old white male arrives in your clinic with general complaints of slight abdominal
discomfort. He has a known history of smoking two packs per day for 40 years and
hypertension. He also has COPD and has been treated numerous times with oral steroids. You
consider optimal diagnoses. Of the ones listed below which should be included as a potential
top suspect in our choice diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔abdominal aortic aneurysm
More than half of all cardiac arrhythmias involve in the atria - correct answer ✔✔true
What are the most common symptoms caused by tachyarrhythmias - correct answer
✔✔palpitations
For women with known cad and diabetes, which is the most appropriate to assess CAD risk -
correct answer ✔✔ETT with imaging
Of the following, which is the best answer when asked about the advantage of echocardiogram
exercise testing over thallium stress testing - correct answer ✔✔Results are available more
quickly
, Your patient has uncomplicated pyelonephritis. In deciding your recommended treatment, you
consider the most common pathogenic reason for this diagnosis. What pathogen accounts for
the majority of pyelonephritis? - correct answer ✔✔E. coli
What purpose does the principle of fidelity serve - correct answer ✔✔Ensures that providers
honor their commitment to the patient
In CAD after both systolic and diastolic dysfunction have occurred. The typical pattern of chest
pain and related EKG changes occur. During an ekg you should expect to see ST segment and T
wave changes that are central to demonstration of ischemia occurring relatively late in the
ischemic cascade is this true or false - correct answer ✔✔true
The leads on the ECG showing ischemic changes during or immediately after an ETT can
correlate roughly to the culprit artery or arteries with significant CAD. Is this true or false -
correct answer ✔✔true
Skin cancer is the most common malignant neoplasms in males in the US. What is the second
leading cause of cancer deaths in men greater than 50 years of age - correct answer
✔✔Prostate cancer
What ech changes can reduce the specificity of the ETT - correct answer ✔✔paced rhythm and
resting bundle branch blocks
You have confirmed that your patient does indeed have an abdominal aortic aneurysm. In
teaching your patient about symptoms to report immediately to the vascular surgeon you
instruct the patient to report which of the following - correct answer ✔✔back pain or flank pain
Which is one of the common causes of a saccular abdominal aneurysm - correct answer
✔✔trauma
Questions & Detailed Answers
What are the most common mechanisms to produce cardiac arrhythmias? - correct answer
✔✔enhanced automaticity, triggered activity or reentry
You are in the clinic with your mentor observing exercise test of a 45 year old who has been
experiencing slight chest pressure almost daily during exercise. While observing your patient
your mentor points out that the left ventricle wall is thinning and there is some hyperkinesia of
the ventricular wall. From your time in the clinic you know that this test will be what type of
result - correct answer ✔✔positive
A 65 year old white male arrives in your clinic with general complaints of slight abdominal
discomfort. He has a known history of smoking two packs per day for 40 years and
hypertension. He also has COPD and has been treated numerous times with oral steroids. You
consider optimal diagnoses. Of the ones listed below which should be included as a potential
top suspect in our choice diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔abdominal aortic aneurysm
More than half of all cardiac arrhythmias involve in the atria - correct answer ✔✔true
What are the most common symptoms caused by tachyarrhythmias - correct answer
✔✔palpitations
For women with known cad and diabetes, which is the most appropriate to assess CAD risk -
correct answer ✔✔ETT with imaging
Of the following, which is the best answer when asked about the advantage of echocardiogram
exercise testing over thallium stress testing - correct answer ✔✔Results are available more
quickly
, Your patient has uncomplicated pyelonephritis. In deciding your recommended treatment, you
consider the most common pathogenic reason for this diagnosis. What pathogen accounts for
the majority of pyelonephritis? - correct answer ✔✔E. coli
What purpose does the principle of fidelity serve - correct answer ✔✔Ensures that providers
honor their commitment to the patient
In CAD after both systolic and diastolic dysfunction have occurred. The typical pattern of chest
pain and related EKG changes occur. During an ekg you should expect to see ST segment and T
wave changes that are central to demonstration of ischemia occurring relatively late in the
ischemic cascade is this true or false - correct answer ✔✔true
The leads on the ECG showing ischemic changes during or immediately after an ETT can
correlate roughly to the culprit artery or arteries with significant CAD. Is this true or false -
correct answer ✔✔true
Skin cancer is the most common malignant neoplasms in males in the US. What is the second
leading cause of cancer deaths in men greater than 50 years of age - correct answer
✔✔Prostate cancer
What ech changes can reduce the specificity of the ETT - correct answer ✔✔paced rhythm and
resting bundle branch blocks
You have confirmed that your patient does indeed have an abdominal aortic aneurysm. In
teaching your patient about symptoms to report immediately to the vascular surgeon you
instruct the patient to report which of the following - correct answer ✔✔back pain or flank pain
Which is one of the common causes of a saccular abdominal aneurysm - correct answer
✔✔trauma
