NR328 Pediatrics: Cardiac 2025/2026
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Purpose of Circulatory System - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Circulation
- Perfusion
- Homeostasis
Flow of Blood - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left
ventricle
Shunt - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A passage that is made to allow blood or other fluid
to move from one part of the body to another
,Acyanotic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔When the blood contains enough oxygen, but
it's pumped abnormally around the body
Cyanotic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔They result in a low blood oxygen level.
Cyanosis refers to a bluish color of the skin and mucous membranes
Most Common Cardiac Anomaly - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔VSD
Congenital Heart Disease - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Anatomic defects lead to
abnormal function
Tests for Cardiac Function - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Chest x-ray (size)
- ECG (electro activity)
- Echo (cardiac ultrasound)
- Cardiac cath (Pressure)
- Use FEMORAL artery for cardiac cath
Cardiac Cath - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pre-procedural care:
- Preparation/explanation geared towards developmental level
- Sedation
- NPO (nothing after 12am)
, Post-procedural care:
- Cardiac and pulse oximetry monitoring
- Monitor pulses, temperature, color of extremity
- Positioning/immobility
- Vital signs q15x4, q30x4, q1hx4...
-Dressing for bleeding/hematoma
- I&O
- Hypoglycemia
Teaching:
- Antibiotics for systemic bacterial endocarditis (SBE) prevention
Acyanotic Defects - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Coarctation of aorta
- Aortic stenosis
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Exam Questions and Answers | A+ Score
Assured
Purpose of Circulatory System - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Circulation
- Perfusion
- Homeostasis
Flow of Blood - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left
ventricle
Shunt - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A passage that is made to allow blood or other fluid
to move from one part of the body to another
,Acyanotic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔When the blood contains enough oxygen, but
it's pumped abnormally around the body
Cyanotic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔They result in a low blood oxygen level.
Cyanosis refers to a bluish color of the skin and mucous membranes
Most Common Cardiac Anomaly - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔VSD
Congenital Heart Disease - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Anatomic defects lead to
abnormal function
Tests for Cardiac Function - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Chest x-ray (size)
- ECG (electro activity)
- Echo (cardiac ultrasound)
- Cardiac cath (Pressure)
- Use FEMORAL artery for cardiac cath
Cardiac Cath - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pre-procedural care:
- Preparation/explanation geared towards developmental level
- Sedation
- NPO (nothing after 12am)
, Post-procedural care:
- Cardiac and pulse oximetry monitoring
- Monitor pulses, temperature, color of extremity
- Positioning/immobility
- Vital signs q15x4, q30x4, q1hx4...
-Dressing for bleeding/hematoma
- I&O
- Hypoglycemia
Teaching:
- Antibiotics for systemic bacterial endocarditis (SBE) prevention
Acyanotic Defects - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Coarctation of aorta
- Aortic stenosis
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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