PNVN 1631 EXAM PREP TEST BANK WITH
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● The nurse clarifies that the master pacemaker of the heart is the:
Answer: sinoatrial (SA) node
●● The nurse is aware that the symptoms of an impending myocardial
infarction (MI) differ in
women because acute chest pain is not present. Women are frequently
misdiagnosed as
having:
Answer: indigestion
●● The nurse identifies the "lub" sound of the "lub/dub" of the cardiac
cycle as the sound of
the:
Answer: AV valve closing
●● The nurse identifies the "lub" sound of the "lub/dub" of the cardiac
cycle as the sound of
the:
Answer: severe heart failure
, ●● The nurse assesses that the home health patient has no signs or
symptoms of heart failure,
but does have a history of rheumatic fever and has been recently
diagnosed with diabetes
mellitus. The nurse is aware that using the American College of
Cardiology and the
American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) staging, this patient would be
a:
Answer: stage A
●● The nurse caring for a patient recovering from a myocardial infarct
who is on remote
telemetry recognizes the need for added instruction when the patient
says:
Answer: "I always take off the telemetry device when I shower."
●● The nurse assesses pitting edema that can be depressed
approximately in and refills in 15
seconds. The nurse would document this assessment as
Answer: +2 edema.
●● What do dark or "cold" spots on a thallium scan indicate?
Answer: Tissue that has inadequate perfusion
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● The nurse clarifies that the master pacemaker of the heart is the:
Answer: sinoatrial (SA) node
●● The nurse is aware that the symptoms of an impending myocardial
infarction (MI) differ in
women because acute chest pain is not present. Women are frequently
misdiagnosed as
having:
Answer: indigestion
●● The nurse identifies the "lub" sound of the "lub/dub" of the cardiac
cycle as the sound of
the:
Answer: AV valve closing
●● The nurse identifies the "lub" sound of the "lub/dub" of the cardiac
cycle as the sound of
the:
Answer: severe heart failure
, ●● The nurse assesses that the home health patient has no signs or
symptoms of heart failure,
but does have a history of rheumatic fever and has been recently
diagnosed with diabetes
mellitus. The nurse is aware that using the American College of
Cardiology and the
American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) staging, this patient would be
a:
Answer: stage A
●● The nurse caring for a patient recovering from a myocardial infarct
who is on remote
telemetry recognizes the need for added instruction when the patient
says:
Answer: "I always take off the telemetry device when I shower."
●● The nurse assesses pitting edema that can be depressed
approximately in and refills in 15
seconds. The nurse would document this assessment as
Answer: +2 edema.
●● What do dark or "cold" spots on a thallium scan indicate?
Answer: Tissue that has inadequate perfusion
