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NR 341 Complex Adult Health final
Exam Questions and Answers
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Indication for arterial line placement?


✓ Hemodynamic monitoring

✓ Multiple blood samples

✓ Diagnostic or interventional radiology procedures

✓ Continuous cardiac output monitoring




What test must be preformed prior to an arterial line placement?


✓ Allen's test




How often should a fast flush test be preformed?


✓ Every 8 hours

✓ After blood draws

✓ If the hemodynamic status changes

✓ When changing tubing




What are the most common sites for arterial line insertion?



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✓ Radial

✓ Femoral

✓ Axillary

✓ Dorsalis Pedis

✓ Brachial Arteries




Positioning for radial arterial line placement:


✓ 30-60 degrees of dorsiflexion with the aid of a roll of gauze and an

armband.

✓ Avoid hyperabduction of the thumb.




How often should the atrial line catheter be changed out?


✓ Every 7 days




Causes of inaccuracy in arterial line readings:




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✓ Air bubbles in the catheter system

✓ Failure to zero the transducer air-fluid interface

✓ Blood in the catheter system

✓ Blood clot at the catheter tip

✓ Kinking of the tubing system

✓ Catheter tip lodging against the arterial wall

✓ Soft, compliant tubing

✓ Long tubing

✓ Too many stopckcks (>3)




What is the pathology of afterload?


✓ The pressure in which the heart must pump against in order to eject

blood during systole.




Medications that reduce afterload/preload include?


✓ Vasodilators




What is the pathology of preload?


✓ The filling pressure of the heart at end of diastole.




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What is systemic vascular resistance (SVR)?


✓ Resistance the left ventricle must overcome to open the aortic valve

and eject a volume of blood into systemic circulation.




Systemic vascular resistance (SVR) is used for what calculations?


✓ Blood pressure

✓ Blood flow

✓ Cardiac function




What is pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR)?


✓ Resistacne the right ventricle must overcome to open the pulmonic

valve and eject a volume of blood in the pulmonary vasculature.




What is pulmonarartery occlusion pressure (PAOP)?


✓ The pressure created by the volume of blood that remains in the left

heart at end-diastole.




Inotropic drugs mode of action:


✓ Negative inotropic drugs weaken the force of muscular contractions.

✓ Positive inotropic drugs increase the strength of muscular contractions.



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