COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Daily. Answer: How often does a patient weight themselves with
heart failure?
◉ Echocardiogram. Answer: Diagnostic test for heart failure
Helps diagnose valve disease and see how they fxn
◉ BNP. Answer: Blood test used for heart failure
◉ Respiratory status assessment. Answer: HF pt. what do we want
to make sure we do?
◉ Causes or Risk factors of HF. Answer: lifestyle/diet
smoking
hypertension
diabetes
◉ Rheumatic fever. Answer: What predisposes you to mitral
stenosis?
, ◉ Pulmonary congestion
Right-sided HF
Orthopnea
NOT hypertension. Answer: Which of the following will you see with
mitral valve stenosis?
◉ Mitral valve replacement
Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty. Answer: Treatments for mitral
valve stenosis
◉ Transplant. Answer: Treatment of patient with end stage heart
failure
◉ Pink Frothy Sputum. Answer: Main sign of pulmonary edema
◉ Blood thinners for life. Answer: Medication that pt will be on once
they have a valve replacement with a prosthetic valve
◉ Decreased SOB
Decreased swelling/edema. Answer: Signs that a pt is starting to do
better