NR 324 EXAM 2 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● What is cardiac output
Answer: Amount of blood pumped by each ventricle in 1 minute
Normal 4-8 L/min
●● Cardiac index
Answer: CO divided by body surface area
Normal 2.8-4.2 L/min/m2
●● What regulates the cardiovascular ssytem
Answer: Autonomic nervous system, Baroreceptors, chemoreceptors
●● What are the Gerontological Consideration
Answer: Risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) increases with age.
CVD leading cause of death in adults > 85
●● What are some age related changes
Answer: Increased collagen, decreased elastin
Decreased response to stress
Heart valves become thick and stiff.
,Number of pacemaker cells decrease.
Decreased number and function of β-adrenergic receptors
Blood vessels thicken and less elastic
Increase in SBP and decrease or no change in DBP
Incompetent venous valves
Orthostatic hypotension
Postprandial hypotension
●● What are some subjective data for cardiovascular system
Answer: History of present illness
Past health history
Past and current medications
Surgery or other treatments
●● What are some objective data for cardiovascular system
Answer: Vital signs
Peripheral vascular system
Inspection
Palpation
Auscultation
●● When taking orthrostatic BP you should never
, Answer: have a difference of > 20 mm Example ( laying 120/80, sitting
160/100 )
●● What is BMP
Answer: ( B-type natriuretic peptide) will be increased in there is heart
failure
●● What are the cholesterol level
Answer: Total cholesterol <200
LDL- (bad) <130
HDL-( happy ) >40
●● What are the nursing responsibility for cardiac cath
Answer: check site, lay flat, log roll, check pulses, Bed rest for 2 hours
●● How much sodium should a cardio patient get in 24 hours
Answer: 2300 grams
●● What are the cardiac biomarkers ( troponin)
Answer: Troponin T (cTnT)
Troponin I (cTnI)
Rises within 4-6 hours, peaks 10-24 hours, detected for up to 10-14 days
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● What is cardiac output
Answer: Amount of blood pumped by each ventricle in 1 minute
Normal 4-8 L/min
●● Cardiac index
Answer: CO divided by body surface area
Normal 2.8-4.2 L/min/m2
●● What regulates the cardiovascular ssytem
Answer: Autonomic nervous system, Baroreceptors, chemoreceptors
●● What are the Gerontological Consideration
Answer: Risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) increases with age.
CVD leading cause of death in adults > 85
●● What are some age related changes
Answer: Increased collagen, decreased elastin
Decreased response to stress
Heart valves become thick and stiff.
,Number of pacemaker cells decrease.
Decreased number and function of β-adrenergic receptors
Blood vessels thicken and less elastic
Increase in SBP and decrease or no change in DBP
Incompetent venous valves
Orthostatic hypotension
Postprandial hypotension
●● What are some subjective data for cardiovascular system
Answer: History of present illness
Past health history
Past and current medications
Surgery or other treatments
●● What are some objective data for cardiovascular system
Answer: Vital signs
Peripheral vascular system
Inspection
Palpation
Auscultation
●● When taking orthrostatic BP you should never
, Answer: have a difference of > 20 mm Example ( laying 120/80, sitting
160/100 )
●● What is BMP
Answer: ( B-type natriuretic peptide) will be increased in there is heart
failure
●● What are the cholesterol level
Answer: Total cholesterol <200
LDL- (bad) <130
HDL-( happy ) >40
●● What are the nursing responsibility for cardiac cath
Answer: check site, lay flat, log roll, check pulses, Bed rest for 2 hours
●● How much sodium should a cardio patient get in 24 hours
Answer: 2300 grams
●● What are the cardiac biomarkers ( troponin)
Answer: Troponin T (cTnT)
Troponin I (cTnI)
Rises within 4-6 hours, peaks 10-24 hours, detected for up to 10-14 days
