cardiovascular NCLEX questions with precise
detailed answers
A 65-year-old male develops blockage in the pulmonary artery. As a result of the blockage,
blood would first back up into the:
a. Aorta
b. Left ventricle
c. Pulmonary veins
d. Right ventricle - correct answer✔✔d. Right ventricle
A nurse is teaching about the heart. Which information should the nurse include? The
chamber of the heart that generates the highest pressure is the:
a. Right atrium
b. Left atrium
c. Left ventricle
d. Right ventricle - correct answer✔✔c. Left ventricle
A nurse recalls the chamber that receives blood from the systemic circulation is the:
a. Right atrium
b. Right ventricle
c. Left atrium
d. Left ventricle - correct answer✔✔a. Right atrium
,Which statement indicates the nurse understands blood flow? Oxygenated blood flows
through the:
a. Superior vena cava
b. Pulmonary veins
c. Pulmonary artery
d. Cardiac veins - correct answer✔✔b. Pulmonary veins
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 - correct answer✔✔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 - correct answer✔✔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 - correct answer✔✔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 - correct answer✔✔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 - correct answer✔✔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
detailed answers
A 65-year-old male develops blockage in the pulmonary artery. As a result of the blockage,
blood would first back up into the:
a. Aorta
b. Left ventricle
c. Pulmonary veins
d. Right ventricle - correct answer✔✔d. Right ventricle
A nurse is teaching about the heart. Which information should the nurse include? The
chamber of the heart that generates the highest pressure is the:
a. Right atrium
b. Left atrium
c. Left ventricle
d. Right ventricle - correct answer✔✔c. Left ventricle
A nurse recalls the chamber that receives blood from the systemic circulation is the:
a. Right atrium
b. Right ventricle
c. Left atrium
d. Left ventricle - correct answer✔✔a. Right atrium
,Which statement indicates the nurse understands blood flow? Oxygenated blood flows
through the:
a. Superior vena cava
b. Pulmonary veins
c. Pulmonary artery
d. Cardiac veins - correct answer✔✔b. Pulmonary veins
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 - correct answer✔✔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 - correct answer✔✔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 - correct answer✔✔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 - correct answer✔✔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 - correct answer✔✔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
