NUR 504 EXAM 1 | UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS | A+
VERIFIED ANSWERS AND STUDY GUIDE
• Hemodynamic monitoring: blood volume Preload -✓✓ANSWER: *R side of heart
if it's low give IV fluid
• Hemodynamic monitoring: pump effectiveness -✓✓ANSWER: contractility
• Hemodynamic monitoring: vascular tone after load -✓✓ANSWER: *L side of
heart
• Hemodynamics monitoring: tissue perfusion -✓✓ANSWER: overall outcome
• Preload -✓✓ANSWER: the amount of blood filling the ventricles before
contraction
• What side of heart refers to the preload? -✓✓ANSWER: RIGHT
• Afterload -✓✓ANSWER: the resistance the heart must overcome to eject the
blood
• What side of the heart refers to the after load? -✓✓ANSWER: LEFT
• Contractility -✓✓ANSWER: the strength of the hearts contraction
, • Cardiac Output -✓✓ANSWER: the amount of blood the heart pumps each
minute
• What does cardiac output depend on? -✓✓ANSWER: Stroke volume: amount of
blood pumped with each beat
heart rate: number of heartbeats per min
• Central Venous pressure (CVP) -✓✓ANSWER: ride sided preload (venous return
to heart), intravascular volume status, blood volume/venous tone/RV function
• What is a normal CVP? -✓✓ANSWER: ~ 2-6 mmHg
*trends matter
• Central venous access -✓✓ANSWER: Central placement: catheter tip is sitting in
the SVC about the RA
• Indications of central venous access -✓✓ANSWER: vesicant meds, titration
meds, long-term med use, nutrition/TPN, poor vascular access, hemodynamic
monitoring
• Arterial line -✓✓ANSWER: Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)
- average pressure driving blood in arterial system
- overall determinant of perfusion
• Central venous access sights -✓✓ANSWER: internal jugular, femoral vein,
subclavian vein, brachial/cephalic
VERIFIED ANSWERS AND STUDY GUIDE
• Hemodynamic monitoring: blood volume Preload -✓✓ANSWER: *R side of heart
if it's low give IV fluid
• Hemodynamic monitoring: pump effectiveness -✓✓ANSWER: contractility
• Hemodynamic monitoring: vascular tone after load -✓✓ANSWER: *L side of
heart
• Hemodynamics monitoring: tissue perfusion -✓✓ANSWER: overall outcome
• Preload -✓✓ANSWER: the amount of blood filling the ventricles before
contraction
• What side of heart refers to the preload? -✓✓ANSWER: RIGHT
• Afterload -✓✓ANSWER: the resistance the heart must overcome to eject the
blood
• What side of the heart refers to the after load? -✓✓ANSWER: LEFT
• Contractility -✓✓ANSWER: the strength of the hearts contraction
, • Cardiac Output -✓✓ANSWER: the amount of blood the heart pumps each
minute
• What does cardiac output depend on? -✓✓ANSWER: Stroke volume: amount of
blood pumped with each beat
heart rate: number of heartbeats per min
• Central Venous pressure (CVP) -✓✓ANSWER: ride sided preload (venous return
to heart), intravascular volume status, blood volume/venous tone/RV function
• What is a normal CVP? -✓✓ANSWER: ~ 2-6 mmHg
*trends matter
• Central venous access -✓✓ANSWER: Central placement: catheter tip is sitting in
the SVC about the RA
• Indications of central venous access -✓✓ANSWER: vesicant meds, titration
meds, long-term med use, nutrition/TPN, poor vascular access, hemodynamic
monitoring
• Arterial line -✓✓ANSWER: Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)
- average pressure driving blood in arterial system
- overall determinant of perfusion
• Central venous access sights -✓✓ANSWER: internal jugular, femoral vein,
subclavian vein, brachial/cephalic