NUR 202 Cardiovascular Exam
Questions and Answers
what are risk factors of CAD - Answer-smoking, obese, overweight, high cholesterol,
sedentary lifestyle, diabetes, family history
What are signs and symptoms of CAD - Answer-chest pain, discomfort or angina
equivalent, shortness of breath (SOB) at rest or mild exercise, syncope or dizziness,
orthopnea or paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, ankle edema, palpitations or tachycardia,
intermittent claudication, heart murmurs, unusual fatigue or SOB during usual activities
What is ST depression with CAD - Answer-ischemia
What is ST elevation with CAD - Answer-Injury
Diagnoses with CAD - Answer-heart catheter, PCI, stress test
Interventions for CAD - Answer-no smoking, low fat and calories, losing weight, monitor
BP and heart rate.
Medications for CAD - Answer-eptifibatide, clopudogrel, nitroglycerin, metoprolol
Causes of MI - Answer-blockage in coronary artery due to CAD, coronary spasm from
drugs or HTN, damage to artery from coronary artery dissection
signs and symptoms of MI - Answer-abnormal q, inverted t wave, ST segment
elevation/depression, chest pain, radiating chest pain (arm, jaw, back), unrelieved by
nitro or rest, sweating, hard to breathe, increased HR and BP or irregular HR, N/V,
anxious or scared, pallor, cyanosis, coolness of extremities, dysrhythmias
diagnostic tools for MI - Answer-cardiac markers (troponin, myoglobin, ck-mb),
echocardiogram, heart cath, stress test
interventions for MI - Answer-assess chest pain, assess cardiovascular, continous
cardiac monitor, place oxygen, IV access, monitor respiratory sounds (crackle=heart
failure), strict bed rest, collect cardiac enzy,es, 12 lead ekg.
medications for MI - Answer-antplatelet (eptifibatide, clopidogel), thrombolytic
(alteplase), nitrates (nitroglycerin), metoprolol
risk factors for MI - Answer-atherosclerosis, high cholesterol, smoking, high bp, physical
inactivity, impaired glucose intolerance, stress