NURS 480/ NURS480 – Advanced Medical Surgical Health Nursing | WCU | 2026–2027 | Final Exam (EXAM 2 Content) with Verified Questions and Answers

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NURS 480/ NURS480 – Advanced Medical
Surgical Health Nursing | WCU | 2026–2027 |
Final Exam (EXAM 2 Content) with Verified
Questions and Answers



1. Preload: volume of blood in ventricles at end of diastole

2. PAWP: Reflects left ventricular end diastolic pressure.

3. CVP: reflects right ventricular end-diastolic pressure

4. PAWP is the left side or right side?: Left

5. CVP is the left side or the right side?: Right side

6. Afterload: The resistance that the ventricles have to overcome to get that

blood moving forward

7. Systemic vascular resistance is?: Resistance in the left ventricle

8. Pulmonary vascular resistance is?: Resistance in the right ventricle

9. If your patient has a HIGH




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PRELOAD (CVP is High) does the pt. have fluid overload or

fluid devastate?: Fluid Overload

10. A patient has severely high blood pressure in 180s, is their afterload high

or low?: High

11. A patient has pulmonary hypertension, is their pulmonary vascular

resistance high or low?: High

12. Hypertension: High after load

13. Hypovolemia: High pre load

14. Pt. has severe heart failure, your CVP is 15 (normal 2-8) pt. comes in with

CHF, SOB, pt.s is on swan ganz catheter, what would you anticipate for the

doctor to order?: Diuretics

15. Pt. comes in with sepsis, their CVP is 1. Pt is completely dehydrated,

tachycardic, & they are here for sepsis, & we are ruling out the source of

the infection.

Pt. has a swan ganz catheter, & CVP is 1. What do we anticipate the doctor to

order?: Fluids

16. If CVP is low you need?: Fluids


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