Cardiovascular NCLEX Questions With Answers Rated A
A 65-year-old male develops blockage in the pulmonary
artery. As a result of the blockage, blood would first back
up into the:
d. Right ventricle
a. Aorta
b. Left ventricle
c. Pulmonary veins
d. Right ventricle
A nurse is teaching about the heart. Which information
should the nurse include? The chamber of the heart that
generates the highest pressure is the:
a. Right atrium c. Left ventricle
b. Left atrium
c. Left ventricle
d. Right ventricle
A nurse recalls the chamber that receives blood from the
systemic circulation is the:
a. Right atrium a. Right atrium
b. Right ventricle
c. Left atrium
d. Left ventricle
Which statement indicates the nurse understands blood
flow? Oxygenated blood flows through the:
a. Superior vena cava b. Pulmonary veins
b. Pulmonary veins
c. Pulmonary artery
d. Cardiac veins
The nurse is planning care for a patient with heart prob-
lems. Which information should the nurse remember? The
, Cardiovascular NCLEX Questions With Answers Rated A
artery travels down the interventricular septum and
delivers blood to portions of the left and right ventricle.
a. Right coronary c. Left anterior descending
b. Circumflex
c. Left anterior descending
d. Cardiac
When a statt member asks where venous blood from the
coronary circulation drains into, what is the best response
by the nurse? The:
c. Right atrium
a. Superior vena cava
b. Inferior vena cava
c. Right atrium
d. Reft atrium
While viewing the electrocardiogram, the nurse recalls the
conducts action potentials down the atrioventricu-
lar septum.
b. Bundle of His
a. Bachmann bundle
b. Bundle of His
c. Sinoatrial node
d. Atrioventricular node
A 13-year-old female took a weight loss drug that activat-
ed the sympathetic nervous system. Which of the follow-
ing assessment findings would the nurse expect?
c. Increased cardiac conduction
a. Decreased myocardial contraction
b. Decreased heart rate
c. Increased cardiac conduction
d. Increased intranodal conduction time
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A 50-year-old female received trauma to the chest that
caused severe impairment of the primary pacemaker cells
of the heart. Which of the following areas received the
greatest damage?
b. Sinoatrial (SA) node
a. Atrioventricular (AV) node
b. Sinoatrial (SA) node
c. Bundle of His
d. Ventricles
A nurse assesses the heart after acetylcholine because the
ettect of acetylcholine on the heart is to
a. Decrease the refractory period d. Decrease the heart rate
b. Increase calcium influx
c. Increase the strength of myocardial contraction
d. Decrease the heart rate
A nurse is discussing the pressure generated at the end
of diastole. Which term is the nurse describing?
a. Preload a. Preload
b. Afterload
c. Systemic vascular resistance
d. Total peripheral resistance
Which principle should the nurse remember when plan-
ning nursing care for a patient with heart problems? As
stated by the Frank-Starling law, there is a direct relation-
ship between the of the blood in the heart at the
b. Volume, force
end of diastole and the of contraction during the
next systole.
a. Pressure, duration
A 65-year-old male develops blockage in the pulmonary
artery. As a result of the blockage, blood would first back
up into the:
d. Right ventricle
a. Aorta
b. Left ventricle
c. Pulmonary veins
d. Right ventricle
A nurse is teaching about the heart. Which information
should the nurse include? The chamber of the heart that
generates the highest pressure is the:
a. Right atrium c. Left ventricle
b. Left atrium
c. Left ventricle
d. Right ventricle
A nurse recalls the chamber that receives blood from the
systemic circulation is the:
a. Right atrium a. Right atrium
b. Right ventricle
c. Left atrium
d. Left ventricle
Which statement indicates the nurse understands blood
flow? Oxygenated blood flows through the:
a. Superior vena cava b. Pulmonary veins
b. Pulmonary veins
c. Pulmonary artery
d. Cardiac veins
The nurse is planning care for a patient with heart prob-
lems. Which information should the nurse remember? The
, Cardiovascular NCLEX Questions With Answers Rated A
artery travels down the interventricular septum and
delivers blood to portions of the left and right ventricle.
a. Right coronary c. Left anterior descending
b. Circumflex
c. Left anterior descending
d. Cardiac
When a statt member asks where venous blood from the
coronary circulation drains into, what is the best response
by the nurse? The:
c. Right atrium
a. Superior vena cava
b. Inferior vena cava
c. Right atrium
d. Reft atrium
While viewing the electrocardiogram, the nurse recalls the
conducts action potentials down the atrioventricu-
lar septum.
b. Bundle of His
a. Bachmann bundle
b. Bundle of His
c. Sinoatrial node
d. Atrioventricular node
A 13-year-old female took a weight loss drug that activat-
ed the sympathetic nervous system. Which of the follow-
ing assessment findings would the nurse expect?
c. Increased cardiac conduction
a. Decreased myocardial contraction
b. Decreased heart rate
c. Increased cardiac conduction
d. Increased intranodal conduction time
, Cardiovascular NCLEX Questions With Answers Rated A
A 50-year-old female received trauma to the chest that
caused severe impairment of the primary pacemaker cells
of the heart. Which of the following areas received the
greatest damage?
b. Sinoatrial (SA) node
a. Atrioventricular (AV) node
b. Sinoatrial (SA) node
c. Bundle of His
d. Ventricles
A nurse assesses the heart after acetylcholine because the
ettect of acetylcholine on the heart is to
a. Decrease the refractory period d. Decrease the heart rate
b. Increase calcium influx
c. Increase the strength of myocardial contraction
d. Decrease the heart rate
A nurse is discussing the pressure generated at the end
of diastole. Which term is the nurse describing?
a. Preload a. Preload
b. Afterload
c. Systemic vascular resistance
d. Total peripheral resistance
Which principle should the nurse remember when plan-
ning nursing care for a patient with heart problems? As
stated by the Frank-Starling law, there is a direct relation-
ship between the of the blood in the heart at the
b. Volume, force
end of diastole and the of contraction during the
next systole.
a. Pressure, duration
