Med-Surg Exam 2 jersey college Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) angina could be triggered by ? - Correct Answers ✅eating a heavy meal
Exp: blood shunted to the GI area which decreases blood
availability to the myocardium locations of chest pain? - Correct Answers ✅typically felt
behind the sternum and may radiate to:neck, jaw, shoulders,
and along the inner aspect of the left arm.what is the classic finding of angina? - Correct Answers ✅it is relieved with rest or nitroglycerine Pt. education for nitroglycerin? - Correct Answers ✅1. keep in a dark bottle 2.renew every 6 months 3.place under tongue, never swallowed
- can take every 5 minutes x 3 doses
- call 911 after the first dose if pain is not relieved
decrease in cardiac output, expect the pulse to be? - Correct Answers ✅weak, thready pulse signs of hypokalemia? - Correct Answers ✅muscle weakness 1 / 4
Med-Surg Exam 2 jersey college Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) fatigue muscle cramps constipation inverted T waves and a U wave on ekg metabolic syndrome increases the risk of? - Correct Answers ✅heart disease spironolactone is a potassium sparing diuretic that could? - Correct Answers ✅potentiate fluid and electrolyte imbalances ( if given with potassium supplements, hyperkalemia can occur) how do bet-blockers work? end in -olol - Correct Answers ✅decreases heart rate and blood pressure. mask the signs of hypoglycemia or worsen asthma because of bronchoconstriction why should you avoid discontinuing anti-hypertensives medications abruptly? - Correct Answers ✅increase risk for rebound hypertension ACE inhibitors and Angiotensin 2 receptor blockers (ARBs) increase the risk of? - Correct Answers ✅hyperkalemia 2 / 4
Med-Surg Exam 2 jersey college Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) ACE inhibitors, how do they work? ends in -pril - Correct Answers ✅stop angiotensin 1 from converting to angiotensin 2 (powerful vasoconstrictor) thereby lowering total peripheral vascular resistance and blood pressure How to take a proper blood pressure reading? - Correct Answers ✅instruct pt. to not eat or drink for 30 mins support arm at heart level make sure both feet are flat on the floor the target organs affected by long standing hypertension? - Correct Answers ✅retinopathy neuropathy nephropathy decrease in output could cause what? - Correct Answers ✅decrease in tissue perfusion which results in organ failure Following a pulmonary artery pressure reading you should deflate the balloon. Why? - Correct Answers ✅to restore the blood flow through the pulmonary artery Straining with bowel movements is not good because? - Correct Answers ✅it triggers the valsalva maneuver which 3 / 4
Med-Surg Exam 2 jersey college Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) increases intrathoracic pressure decreasing the venous blood flow to the heart and results in decrease cardiac output.change patients position slowly to prebent? - Correct Answers ✅orthostatic hypotension Low central venous pressure levels could suggests? - Correct Answers ✅could suggest dehydration or overdiuresis increase central venous pressure could suggest? - Correct Answers ✅heart failure increase central venous pressure provides a measurement of what? - Correct Answers ✅measurement of the volume of blood that returned to the right side of the heart (2-6 mm Hg) Hemodynamic monitoring is performed where? - Correct Answers ✅in ICU and allows for direct cardiac monitoring homocysteine - Correct Answers ✅damage the endothelial lining of the arteries increase risk for thrombus formation and lead to stroke, CAD, and peripheral artery disease
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