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NSG 6001 Knowledge Check Week 1 1. Which of the following best describes the objective portion of a SOAP note? 2. A 50-year-old female patient has a blood pressure of 118/72mm Hg, a negative family history for breast and ovarian cancer, a normal Pap smear 2 years prior and a Framingham Risk screening within normal limits. Which should be part of this patient’s routine annual well-patient exams? 3. An asymptomatic 63-year-old female has a low-density lipoprotein level of 135 mg/dL. Whi...

Maintenance of an Isometric ST-segment during exercise is the response of? The sensitivity of a routine ETT is effort dependent. What physiological changes occur during effort in the routine ETT? Th e diagnostic accuracy of stress testing is ……among women compared to men for what reasons? What do you know regarding ischemia that is …..to only the posterior and or lateral segments of the left ventricle? Your preceptor decides to add Doppler Flow studies to the echocardiogram exercise test f...

NSG 6001 Midterm Exam 1. Of the answers below, which would be included in defining a positive Exercise Echocardiogram? Question 19.Question :Improvements in the delivery and management of healthcare are necessary if we are to improve the overall health of this nation’s population. Which of the following are identified in your readings as strategic in the movement to improve the healthcare system? 2. Specifically, when is an ETT considered to be negative? 3.Your patient has a maximum age-predic...

NSG 6001 Midterm Exam 1. A 35 year old female arrives at your clinic. She has had diabetes and peripheral artery disease for the past 5 years. You decide to obtain an ETT. The insurance company a rgues that this is inappropriate. You justify the ETT because you are planning secondary strategies to prevent future heart disease. Where could one find the supporting data for these guidelines? 2. You are counseling a patient diagnosed with stress-induced ischemia. You base your discussion on your kno...

NSG 6001 Midterm Exam 1. Your patient is morbidly obese and cannot sit on a bicycle or walk a treadmill. She also has marked and severe emphysema. You need to make an assessment of the risk of significant CAD and your patient’s family says that their relative had their diagnosis based on an ultrasound echocardiography. What facts would influence your decision regarding the family request for echo assessment? 2.Medicaid is mandated to be provided by each state through federal codes. Each state ...

NSG 6001 Final Exam Study Guide Abdominal aortic aneurysm Know the causes of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. P493 Understand risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysm. P494 Development of AAA AAA expansion AAA rupture AAA is an important clinical diagnosis because it is associated with considerable risk of rupture and death as the aneurysm enlarges to a diameter of more than 5.0cm (1.96 inches). Know the symptoms of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Symptoms: Symptom and sign of a ruptured AAA classi...

NSG 6001 Final Exam More than half of all cardiac arrhymias involve the atria What are the most common symptoms caused by tachyarryhthmias For women with known cad and diabetes, which is the most appropriate to assess CAD risk Of the following, which is the best answer when asked about the advantage of echocardiogram exercise testing over thallium stress testing You patient has uncomplicated pyelonephritis. In deciding your recommended treatment, you consider the most common pathogenic reason fo...