NURS 300 Basic Concepts of Health
Week 1 & 2 – Questions with Accurate
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UPDATE 2026
Carry oxygen blood away from the heart to tissues
High pressure
Arteries
(Arteries think away from the heart)
Return deoxygenated blood back to the heart
Low Pressure
Veins
Without a rhythm of the heart ("a" means without)
Arrythmia
Abnormal rhythm of the heart.
Dysrhythmia
Faster than normal rate (>100 BPM)
Tachycardia
Slower than normal heart rate (<60 BPM)
Bradycardia
,◦ Obstruction of oxygen supply to an organ causing tissue death.
◦ Is when prolonged Ischemia causes cells to die... this is IRREVERSIBLE once
they die
Infarction
◦ Can occur without cause, often in the morning after rest
◦ Relieved only by opioids
◦ Manifestations last more than 30 min
◦ Associated with nausea, epigastric distress, dyspnea, anxiety, diaphoresis
Myocardial Infarction
◦ Inadequate oxygen supply to an organ
◦ Causes Angina
◦ Decrease or interruption of oxygen to the heart
◦ Can be reversed
Ischemia
When referring to the heart; blood flows/ leaks backward in the chamber of the
heart.
Regurgitation
When a clot cause blockage in a vein or artery.
Thrombosis
Higher than normal blood pressure
Hypertension
Lower than normal blood pressure
Hypotension
,A way of continuously monitor a client's vital signs remotely
Telemetry
Narrowing; typically referring to the narrowing of coronary arteries
Stenosis
How does blood circulates to and from the heart?
What is the first thing the heart pumps oxygenated blood, too?
The Heart supplies blood to itself first. following the brain and then the kidneys.
• Contraction of the heart
• When the heart pumps the blood.
Systole
• Relaxation of the heart
• When the heart fills with blood,
Diastole
How do you calculate cardiac output?
CO = HR x SV
(Cardiac output = Heart rate x stroke volume).
Where do you auscultate for heart sounds?
◦ Aortic (Right 2nd intercostal space)
◦ Pulmonic (Left 2nd intercostal space)
◦ Erb's Point (S1, S2 Left 3rd intercostal space) (use to listen for paracarditis)
◦ Tricuspid (Lower left sternal border 4th intercostal space)
◦ Mitral (aka) PMI point of maximum impulse (Left 5th intercostal, medial to
midclavicular line)
, What are the labs expected in a Lipid Panel?
◦ Total Cholesterol
◦ Triglyceride
◦ LDL
◦ HDL
What are the parameters for total cholesterol?
<200 mg/dL
What are the parameters for Triglycerides?
<150 mg/dL
What are the parameters for LDL? (Lethal Cholesterol)
<100 mg/dL
What are the parameter for HDL? (Healthy Cholesterol)
>50 mg/dL
What are the lipid-lowering agents (medications)?
◦ Simvastatin
◦ Artovastatin (Lipitor)
◦ Rosuvastatin
What Patient teaching should the RN provide a patient taking HMG-cOa
Reductase Inhibitors (Statin)
◦ Simvastatin
◦ Artovastatin (Lipitor)
◦ Rosuvastatin?
• Administer at BEDTIME (preferred) as cholesterol is synthesized overnight
Week 1 & 2 – Questions with Accurate
Solutions|| GRADED A+|| LATEST
UPDATE 2026
Carry oxygen blood away from the heart to tissues
High pressure
Arteries
(Arteries think away from the heart)
Return deoxygenated blood back to the heart
Low Pressure
Veins
Without a rhythm of the heart ("a" means without)
Arrythmia
Abnormal rhythm of the heart.
Dysrhythmia
Faster than normal rate (>100 BPM)
Tachycardia
Slower than normal heart rate (<60 BPM)
Bradycardia
,◦ Obstruction of oxygen supply to an organ causing tissue death.
◦ Is when prolonged Ischemia causes cells to die... this is IRREVERSIBLE once
they die
Infarction
◦ Can occur without cause, often in the morning after rest
◦ Relieved only by opioids
◦ Manifestations last more than 30 min
◦ Associated with nausea, epigastric distress, dyspnea, anxiety, diaphoresis
Myocardial Infarction
◦ Inadequate oxygen supply to an organ
◦ Causes Angina
◦ Decrease or interruption of oxygen to the heart
◦ Can be reversed
Ischemia
When referring to the heart; blood flows/ leaks backward in the chamber of the
heart.
Regurgitation
When a clot cause blockage in a vein or artery.
Thrombosis
Higher than normal blood pressure
Hypertension
Lower than normal blood pressure
Hypotension
,A way of continuously monitor a client's vital signs remotely
Telemetry
Narrowing; typically referring to the narrowing of coronary arteries
Stenosis
How does blood circulates to and from the heart?
What is the first thing the heart pumps oxygenated blood, too?
The Heart supplies blood to itself first. following the brain and then the kidneys.
• Contraction of the heart
• When the heart pumps the blood.
Systole
• Relaxation of the heart
• When the heart fills with blood,
Diastole
How do you calculate cardiac output?
CO = HR x SV
(Cardiac output = Heart rate x stroke volume).
Where do you auscultate for heart sounds?
◦ Aortic (Right 2nd intercostal space)
◦ Pulmonic (Left 2nd intercostal space)
◦ Erb's Point (S1, S2 Left 3rd intercostal space) (use to listen for paracarditis)
◦ Tricuspid (Lower left sternal border 4th intercostal space)
◦ Mitral (aka) PMI point of maximum impulse (Left 5th intercostal, medial to
midclavicular line)
, What are the labs expected in a Lipid Panel?
◦ Total Cholesterol
◦ Triglyceride
◦ LDL
◦ HDL
What are the parameters for total cholesterol?
<200 mg/dL
What are the parameters for Triglycerides?
<150 mg/dL
What are the parameters for LDL? (Lethal Cholesterol)
<100 mg/dL
What are the parameter for HDL? (Healthy Cholesterol)
>50 mg/dL
What are the lipid-lowering agents (medications)?
◦ Simvastatin
◦ Artovastatin (Lipitor)
◦ Rosuvastatin
What Patient teaching should the RN provide a patient taking HMG-cOa
Reductase Inhibitors (Statin)
◦ Simvastatin
◦ Artovastatin (Lipitor)
◦ Rosuvastatin?
• Administer at BEDTIME (preferred) as cholesterol is synthesized overnight
