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A health care provider in a clinic finds a patient in a room, unresponsive and pale. Which sign should be used to identify the need to initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)? Evaluation of peripheral perfusion and level of consciousness Obtaining a history of previous myocardial infarct...

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NRNP 6531 Combined midterm and
final review Questions & 100% Correct
Answers
A health care provider in a clinic finds a patient in a room, unresponsive and pale.

Which sign should be used to identify the need to initiate cardiopulmonary

resuscitation (CPR)?




Evaluation of peripheral perfusion and level of consciousness

Obtaining a history of previous myocardial infarction

Determination of pulselessness or bradycardia

Assessment of gasping breaths or not breathing

✓ :~~ Assessment of gasping breaths or not breathing




An African-American patient who is being treated with a thiazide diuretic for

chronic hypertension reports blurred vision and shortness of breath. The provider

notes a blood pressure of 185/115. What is the recommended action for this

patient?




Increase the dose of the thiazide medication

Add a beta blocker to the patient's regimen

Admit to the hospital for evaluation and treatment



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Prescribe a calcium channel blocker

✓ :~~ Admit to the hospital for evaluation and treatment




A patient reports sustained, irregular heart palpitations. What is the most likely

cause of these symptoms?

Atrial fibrillation

Anemia

Extrasystole

Paroxysmal attacks


✓ :~~ Atrial fibrillation




A patient has a cardiac murmur that peaks in midsystole and is best heard along

the left sternal border. The provider determines that the murmur decreases in

intensity when the patient changes from standing to squatting and increases in

intensity with the Valsalva maneuver. Which cause will the provider suspect for

this murmur?

Aortic stenosis

Tricuspid regurgitation

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Mitral valve prolapse

✓ :~~ Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy




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A patient is brought to an emergency department with symptoms of acute ST-

segment elevation MI (STEMI). The nearest hospital that can perform percutaneous

coronary intervention (PCI) is 3 hours away. What is the initial treatment for this

patient?

Give the patient an oral beta blocker

Transfer to the PCI-capable institution

Administer heparin

Initiate fibrinolytic treatment

✓ :~~ Initiate fibrinolytic treatment




Patients who meet the criteria for statin therapy to help prevent atherosclerotic

cardiovascular disease are those with a history of (Select all that apply.)

previous myocardial infarction.

a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) level >190 mg/dL.

diabetes and an LDL between 40 and 70 mg/dL.

a 10 year risk score of 8% with an LDL of 80 mg/dL.

a 10 year risk score of 5% and an LDL of 165 mg/dL.

✓ :~~ previous myocardial infarction.

a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) level >190 mg/dL.

a 10 year risk score of 8% with an LDL of 80 mg/dL.




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A 75-year-old patient reports pain and a feeling of tiredness in both legs that only

relieves after sitting for 30 minutes or more. What the does provider suspect as

the cause for these symptoms?

Buerger's disease

Cauda equina syndrome

Diabetic neuropathy

Peripheral arterial disease


✓ :~~ Cauda equina syndrome




Which are causes of secondary hypertension? (Select all that apply.)

Oral contraceptives

Isometic excercises

NSAIDS

Sleep apnea

Increased salt intake

✓ :~~ Oral contraceptives

NSAIDS

Sleep apnea




A young female patient has known mitral valve prolapse. During a routine health

maintenance exam, the provider notes an apical systolic murmur and a midsystolic



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