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What is stenosis?  or narrowing of the valve, really hard for the blood to make its way through the valve What is regurgitation?  valve doesn't close completely and blood can go back through the valve the opposite way; valve becomes a two way door What does regurgitation cause?  m...

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NUR 325 Final Questions and Correct
Answers | Latest Update
What is stenosis?


 or narrowing of the valve, really hard for the blood to make its way

through the valve




What is regurgitation?


 valve doesn't close completely and blood can go back through the valve

the opposite way; valve becomes a two way door




What does regurgitation cause?


 murmur




What is Preload?


 amount of stretch on the ventricles at the end of diastole




How can preload be measured?


 Venous Pressure, Stroke volume (The amount of blood the ventricles

contracts/shoots out), Passive Leg Raise




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Passive leg raise to measure preload


 stroke volume increases by more than 10% when legs are raised above

the head, could benefit from more fluids




Ways to improve a low preload







Ways to improve a high preload


 or dialysis in the case of kidney failure




Physical Assessment of Low Preload


 so dry skin, dry mucus membranes, low skin turgor, orthostatic




Physical Assessment of High Preload


 so edema, crackles on lungs, hypoxic, SOB, weaping




What is Afterload?


 amount of resistance the ventricles have to face at the end of systole




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How to measure Afterload


 (Systemic Vascular Resistance): how dilated/const ricted blood vessels are




How to improve a low Afterload


 , dopamine (high doses), norepinephrine, epinephrine




How to improve a high Afterload


 , Nicardipine, Labetelol




What is contractility?


 the heart is squeezing




Ways to Measure Contractility


 output, cardiac index (more individualized)




Ways to improve Contractility


 , dopamine and dobutamine, digoxin




What are example of invasive lines?



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 lines, Arterial lines, Central Venous Catheter, and Pulmonary Artery line




How to care for a Arterial Line?


 fluids so that the line doesn't clot off, Make sure to watch distally to the

insertion sight, Insertion sight always sta ying covered, Transducer needs to

be level to fourth intercostal space midaxillary line (heart) and the level

needs to be 0




What if a transducer is too low?


 too high of a BP




What if a transducer is too high?


 too low of a BP




How to care for a Peripheral Line?


 for infiltration, redness and swelling at the sight, Check for infection




How to care for a Central Venous Catheter?


 sterile and keeping a sterile dressing over it, Clean off ports bef ore you

give medication, Green caps that are full of alcohol to keep the ports



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