NSG 6001 Final Exam with Answers

NSG 6001 Final Exam with Answers 1. More than half of all cardiac arrhymias involve the atria - True 2. What are the most common symptoms caused by tachyarryhthmias - Palpitations 3. For women with known cad and diabetes, which is the most appropriate to assess CAD risk - ETT with imaging 4. Of the following, which is the best answer when asked about the advantage of echocardiogram exercise testing over thallium stress testing - Results are available more quickly 5. You patient has uncomplicated pyelonephritis. In deciding your recommended treatment, you consider the most common pathogenic reason for this diagnosis. What pathogen accounts for the majority of pyelonephritis? - E coli 6. What purpose does the principle of fidelity serve - Ensures that providers honor their committement to the patient 7. In CAD after both systolic and diastolic dysfunction have occurred. The typical pattern of chest pain and related EKG changes occur. During an ekg you should expect to see ST segment and T wave changes that are central to demonstration of ischemia occurring relatively late in the ischemic cascade is this true or false - True 8. The leads on the ECG showing ischemic changes during or immediately after an ETT can correlate roughly to the culprit artery or arteries with significant CAD. Is this true or false - True 9. Skin cancer is the most common malignant neoplasms in males in the us . What is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men greater than 50 years of age - Prostate cancer 10. What ech changes can reduce the specificity of the ETT - Paced rhythm and resting bundle branch blocks. 11. You have confirmed that your patient does indeed have an abdominal aortic aneurysm. In teaching your patient about symptoms to report immediately to the vascular surgeon you instruct the patient to report which of the following - Back pain or flank pain 12. Which is one of the common causes of a saccular abdominal aneurysm - Trauma 13. The diagnostic accuracy of stress testing is decreased among women compared to men for what reasons - Women usually have single vessel or non-obstructive disease