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NSG 6001 FINAL STUDY TEST
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWE RS
GRADED A+
Question :You are in the clinic with your mentor
observing exercise test of a 45 year old who has been experiencing slight chest pressure almost daily during exercise. While observing your patient your mentor points out that the left ventricle wall is thinning and there is some hyperkinesia of the ventricular wall. From your time in the clinic you know that this test will be what type of result CORRECT ANSWER: :positive
Question :What are the most common mechanisms to
produce cardiac arrhythmias?CORRECT ANSWER: :enhanced automaticity, triggered activity or reentry
Question :A 65 year old white male arrives in your clinic
with general complaints of slight abdominal discomfort.He has a known history of smoking two packs per day for
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40 years and hypertension. He also has COPD and has been treated numerous times with oral steroids. You consider optimal diagnoses. Of the ones listed below which should be included as a potential top suspect in our choice diagnosis CORRECT ANSWER: :abdominal aortic aneurysm
Question :More than half of all cardiac arrhythmias
involve in the atria CORRECT ANSWER: :true
Question :What are the most common symptoms caused
by tachyarrhythmias CORRECT ANSWER: :palpitations
Question :For women with known cad and diabetes,
which is the most appropriate to assess CAD risk CORRECT ANSWER: :ETT with imaging
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Question :Of the following, which is the best answer
when asked about the advantage of echocardiogram exercise testing over thallium stress testing CORRECT ANSWER: :Results are available more quickly
Question :Your patient has uncomplicated pyelonephritis.
In deciding your recommended treatment, you consider the most common pathogenic reason for this diagnosis.What pathogen accounts for the majority of pyelonephritis?CORRECT ANSWER: :E. coli
Question :What purpose does the principle of fidelity
serve CORRECT ANSW ER::Ensures that providers honor their commitment to the patient
Question :In CAD after both systolic and diastolic
dysfunction have occurred. The typical pattern of chest pain and related EKG changes occur. During an ekg you
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should expect to see ST segment and T wave changes that are central to demonstration of ischemia occurring relatively late in the ischemic cascade is this true or false CORRECT ANSWER: :true
Question :The leads on the ECG showing ischemic
changes during or immediately after an ETT can correlate roughly to the culprit artery or arteries with significant CAD. Is this true or false CORRECT ANSWER: :true
Question :Skin cancer is the most common malignant
neoplasms in males in the US. What is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men greater than 50 years of age CORRECT ANSWER: :Prostate cancer
Question :What ech changes can reduce the specificity of
the ETT CORRECT ANSWER: :paced rhythm and resting bundle branch blocks