NUR 254 Test 1 Review Made Easy –
Study Smart and Score High 2026
Initial dose of amiodarone bolus IV - ANSWER ✔✨---300mg
The med is administrated rapid iv push resulting In a brief flatline, used for SVT, code cart must be at
bedside - ANSWER ✔✨---adenosine
what are the doses for adenosine? - ANSWER ✔✨---6mg, 12 mg, 12mg rapid IV push
medication used PRN for angina - ANSWER ✔✨---Nitro- warn of HA, low BP
Each large box on the ecg paper represents how many seconds - ANSWER ✔✨---20 seconds
wo serum lab tests that would be elevated with MI - ANSWER ✔✨---CK (CREATININE KINASE) and
Troponin
,What complication of CABG presents with manifestations of decreased urinary output, crackles, jvd, s3
gallop - ANSWER ✔✨---pump failure (heart failure)
Most carbohydrates in the diet should be complex such as whole grains. Name 2 foods that would be
considered complex carbs - ANSWER ✔✨---whole grain breads/pasta, legumes, potatoes
What would a high CVP reading indicate (normal readings are 3-12mmhg)(dehydrated meanswer 2-
3mmhg)(20-22mmhg hypervolemia) - ANSWER ✔✨---hypervolemia
what would you see on an EKG with a pt with Hyperkalemia? - ANSWER ✔✨---peaked T waves
A PATIENT WITH HIGH LDL SHOULD BE ADVISED TO REPLACE FOODS HIGH IN SATURATED FAT WITH
FOODS HIGHER IN UNSATURATED FAT. NAME THREE (3) FOODS THE PATIENT SHOULD AVOID THAT ARE
HIGH IN SATURATED FAT. - ANSWER ✔✨---BUTTER, CHEESE, MILK, CREAM, ICE CREAM, COCONUT
OIL AND FATTY MEATS
ASIDE FROM PACER SPIKES WITH SUBSEQUENT P WAVES OR QRS COMPLEXES, HOW WOULD A NURSE
ASSESS THE INTENDED OUTCOMES OF A PACEMAKER? (THERE ARE SEVERAL, NAME AT LEAST ONE
CORRECTLY) - ANSWER ✔✨---HEART RATE >60, NORMOTENSIVE, SKIN COLOR APPROPRIATE
WHICH CLASS OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICATIONS HAS A COMMON SIDE EFFECTS OF COUGH,
HYPERKALEMIA (TOO HIGH) AND HYPOTENSION? - ANSWER ✔✨---ANGIOTENSION CONVERTING
ENZYME (ACE) INHIBITORS
THIS ANTICHOLINERGIC MEDICATION IS ADMINISTERED 0.5 MG TO 1 MG IV PUSH FOR SYMPTOMATIC
BRADYCARDIA - ANSWER ✔✨---ATROPINE
CHEST PAIN RELIEVED BY REST IS REFERRED TO AS - ANSWER ✔✨---STABLE ANGINA
NAME THREE (3) MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS FOR CAD - ANSWER ✔✨---HYPERLIPIDEMIA
CIGARETTE SMOKING/TOBACCO USE
HTN
, DM
OBESITY
ATHEROGENIC DIET
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES (HRT)
PHYSICAL INACTIVITY
METABOLIC SYNDROME
ULTIMATELY THE RECOMMENDED GOAL FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IS: -
ANSWER ✔✨---30 minutes per day most days (5-6 days a week)
MOST CARBOHYDRATES IN THE DIET SHOULD BE COMPLEX SUCH AS WHOLE GRAINS. NAME TWO (2)
FOODS THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES. - ANSWER ✔✨---WHOLE
GRAIN BREADS/PASTA, LEGUMES, POTATOES, RICE, STARCHY VEGETABLES.
USED TO INCREASE CARDIAC OUTPUT WHILE AWAITING A HEART TRANSWERPLANT -
ANSWER ✔✨---ventricular assistive device
THIS IS THE UMBRELLA TERM FOR UNSTABLE ANGINA, THAT IS WORSE THAN TYPICAL ANGINA, LASTS
GREATER THAN 15 MINUTES, INDICATES MYOCARDIAL INJURY, AND IS OFTEN A PRECURSOR TO
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION? - ANSWER ✔✨---ACS- acute coronary syndrome
CHEST PAIN WITH MI IS TYPICALLY DESCRIBED AS (NAME AT LEAST 3): - ANSWER ✔✨---
UNRELIEVED BY REST/NITROGLYCERIN, OCCURS AT REST, RADIATING, CRUSHING/SQUEEZING,
ASSOCIATED FACTORS (DYSPNEA, DIAPHORESIS)
WHICH COMPLICATION OF CABG HAS MANIFESTATIONS OF MUFFLED HEART TONES, CT DRAINAGE
ABRUPTLY SUBSIDING, HYPOTENSION AND TACHYCARDIA? - ANSWER ✔✨---cardiac tamponade
WHAT IS THE NORMAL MEASUREMENT IN SECONDS FOR THE PR INTERVAL? - ANSWER ✔✨---0.12-
0.20 seconds
Study Smart and Score High 2026
Initial dose of amiodarone bolus IV - ANSWER ✔✨---300mg
The med is administrated rapid iv push resulting In a brief flatline, used for SVT, code cart must be at
bedside - ANSWER ✔✨---adenosine
what are the doses for adenosine? - ANSWER ✔✨---6mg, 12 mg, 12mg rapid IV push
medication used PRN for angina - ANSWER ✔✨---Nitro- warn of HA, low BP
Each large box on the ecg paper represents how many seconds - ANSWER ✔✨---20 seconds
wo serum lab tests that would be elevated with MI - ANSWER ✔✨---CK (CREATININE KINASE) and
Troponin
,What complication of CABG presents with manifestations of decreased urinary output, crackles, jvd, s3
gallop - ANSWER ✔✨---pump failure (heart failure)
Most carbohydrates in the diet should be complex such as whole grains. Name 2 foods that would be
considered complex carbs - ANSWER ✔✨---whole grain breads/pasta, legumes, potatoes
What would a high CVP reading indicate (normal readings are 3-12mmhg)(dehydrated meanswer 2-
3mmhg)(20-22mmhg hypervolemia) - ANSWER ✔✨---hypervolemia
what would you see on an EKG with a pt with Hyperkalemia? - ANSWER ✔✨---peaked T waves
A PATIENT WITH HIGH LDL SHOULD BE ADVISED TO REPLACE FOODS HIGH IN SATURATED FAT WITH
FOODS HIGHER IN UNSATURATED FAT. NAME THREE (3) FOODS THE PATIENT SHOULD AVOID THAT ARE
HIGH IN SATURATED FAT. - ANSWER ✔✨---BUTTER, CHEESE, MILK, CREAM, ICE CREAM, COCONUT
OIL AND FATTY MEATS
ASIDE FROM PACER SPIKES WITH SUBSEQUENT P WAVES OR QRS COMPLEXES, HOW WOULD A NURSE
ASSESS THE INTENDED OUTCOMES OF A PACEMAKER? (THERE ARE SEVERAL, NAME AT LEAST ONE
CORRECTLY) - ANSWER ✔✨---HEART RATE >60, NORMOTENSIVE, SKIN COLOR APPROPRIATE
WHICH CLASS OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICATIONS HAS A COMMON SIDE EFFECTS OF COUGH,
HYPERKALEMIA (TOO HIGH) AND HYPOTENSION? - ANSWER ✔✨---ANGIOTENSION CONVERTING
ENZYME (ACE) INHIBITORS
THIS ANTICHOLINERGIC MEDICATION IS ADMINISTERED 0.5 MG TO 1 MG IV PUSH FOR SYMPTOMATIC
BRADYCARDIA - ANSWER ✔✨---ATROPINE
CHEST PAIN RELIEVED BY REST IS REFERRED TO AS - ANSWER ✔✨---STABLE ANGINA
NAME THREE (3) MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS FOR CAD - ANSWER ✔✨---HYPERLIPIDEMIA
CIGARETTE SMOKING/TOBACCO USE
HTN
, DM
OBESITY
ATHEROGENIC DIET
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES (HRT)
PHYSICAL INACTIVITY
METABOLIC SYNDROME
ULTIMATELY THE RECOMMENDED GOAL FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IS: -
ANSWER ✔✨---30 minutes per day most days (5-6 days a week)
MOST CARBOHYDRATES IN THE DIET SHOULD BE COMPLEX SUCH AS WHOLE GRAINS. NAME TWO (2)
FOODS THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES. - ANSWER ✔✨---WHOLE
GRAIN BREADS/PASTA, LEGUMES, POTATOES, RICE, STARCHY VEGETABLES.
USED TO INCREASE CARDIAC OUTPUT WHILE AWAITING A HEART TRANSWERPLANT -
ANSWER ✔✨---ventricular assistive device
THIS IS THE UMBRELLA TERM FOR UNSTABLE ANGINA, THAT IS WORSE THAN TYPICAL ANGINA, LASTS
GREATER THAN 15 MINUTES, INDICATES MYOCARDIAL INJURY, AND IS OFTEN A PRECURSOR TO
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION? - ANSWER ✔✨---ACS- acute coronary syndrome
CHEST PAIN WITH MI IS TYPICALLY DESCRIBED AS (NAME AT LEAST 3): - ANSWER ✔✨---
UNRELIEVED BY REST/NITROGLYCERIN, OCCURS AT REST, RADIATING, CRUSHING/SQUEEZING,
ASSOCIATED FACTORS (DYSPNEA, DIAPHORESIS)
WHICH COMPLICATION OF CABG HAS MANIFESTATIONS OF MUFFLED HEART TONES, CT DRAINAGE
ABRUPTLY SUBSIDING, HYPOTENSION AND TACHYCARDIA? - ANSWER ✔✨---cardiac tamponade
WHAT IS THE NORMAL MEASUREMENT IN SECONDS FOR THE PR INTERVAL? - ANSWER ✔✨---0.12-
0.20 seconds
