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MEDSURG 2 HEART FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 70 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Your client has just been diagnosed with a dysrhythmia. The client asks you to explain normal sinus rhythm. What would you explain is the characteristic of normal sinus rhythm? - ANSWER-The sinoatrial (SA) node initiates the impulse.
The nurse caring for a patient with a dysrhythmia understands that the P wave on an electrocardiogram (ECG) represents what phase of the cardiac cycle? - ANSWER-Atrial depolarization
A nurse is caring for a client who's had gastric bypass surgery.The physician encourages the client to increase mobility as soon as possible. The nurse notes edema to the right leg with skin color changes to the right lower extremity. The client reports pain at the incision site as 3 on a 0- to 10-point scale and pain to the right calf as 7 on a 0- to 10-point scale. The nurse reports the
findings to the physician. She suspects that the client has: -
ANSWER-deep vein thrombosis. 1 / 3
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A nurse is educating a client who's at risk for coronary artery disease (CAD). The nurse tells the client that CAD has many risk factors. Risk factors that can be controlled or modified
include: - ANSWER-obesity, inactivity, diet, and smoking.
A female patient is being seen in the ER complaining of fatigue and shoulder blade discomfort. She is also short of breath. Based on these symptoms, the nurse should suspect which of the following? - ANSWER-Myocardial infarction (MI)
Which of the following terms refers to chest pain brought on by physical or emotional stress and relieved by rest or medication?
- ANSWER-Angina pectoris
A 62-year-old client attends his annual physical appointment and indicates physical changes since his last examination. He reports chest pain and palpitations during and after his morning jogs.Family history reveals coronary artery disease. What would the nurse, recommend to minimize the client's cardiac risk? - ANSWER-Smoking cessation
A nurse is teaching a client how to take nitroglycerin to treat angina pectoris. The client verbalizes an understanding of the 2 / 3
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need to take up to three sublingual nitroglycerin (Nitrostat) tablets at 5-minute intervals, if necessary, and to notify the physician immediately if chest pain doesn't subside within 15 minutes. The nurse tells the client that, after taking the
nitroglycerin, he may experience: - ANSWER-headache,
hypotension, dizziness, and flushing.
You are assessing a client recently admitted to your unit for hypotension. While assessing this client, you find a pulsatile mass near the umbilicus. What would you suspect? - ANSWER- Aortic aneurysm
The nurse assesses the pulse rate of a client who is taking digoxin. The client's pulse is 52 beats/min. Which action by the nurse is correct? - ANSWER-Withhold the drug
The nurse should instruct clients with valvular disorders who are taking prescribed anticoagulants about which of the following possible side effects? - ANSWER-Increased bleeding time
A student nurse is caring for a client with mitral valve prolapse.The client's treatment is not working. The client asks you what would be the last treatment the physician would try. What would be your best response? - ANSWER-Valve replacement
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