NURS 231 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MODULE 7 2026
EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GUARANTEED PASS
◉ A client has a blood pressure of 118/68 mm Hg. What should the
nurse report as the pulse pressure? Record your answer as a whole
number: Answer: 50
◉ Which phrase should the nurse use to define cardiac preload to a
coworker? Answer: B
◉ A nurse is teaching about cardiac muscles to a client who golfs.
The nurse describes an image of a golf club with two large bulbous
heads protruding from one end of a straight shaft. Which cardiac
muscle component did the nurse describe? Answer: B
◉ A nurse is teaching the staff about electrocardiography and the
reading of the electrocardiogram (ECG). Which term should the
nurse use to describe the wave on the ECG that represents atrial
depolarization? Answer: A
◉ What should the nurse monitor to determine a client's afterload?
Answer: D
, ◉ A nurse is describing blood flow through the heart and describes
the valve that directs blood flow from the left atrium to the left
ventricle. Which term, if used by the client, will indicate to the nurse
that the teaching about the valve was successful? Answer: A
◉ Which information indicates the nurse has an accurate
understanding of the action of the heart? Answer: A
◉ When a client's abdominal pressure is increased, venous blood
moves in which direction? Answer: A
◉ When a client releases atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), the nurse
expects which effects to occur? Answer: B
◉ A man reports that he had to have a pacemaker put in because his
normal pacemaker would not work. This client asks the nurse what
the normal pacemaker is. Which information by the client indicates
teaching was successful? Answer: C
◉ A nurse hears in report that the team will be caring for a client
with a low ejection fraction. The nurse will be caring for which
client? Answer: A
EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GUARANTEED PASS
◉ A client has a blood pressure of 118/68 mm Hg. What should the
nurse report as the pulse pressure? Record your answer as a whole
number: Answer: 50
◉ Which phrase should the nurse use to define cardiac preload to a
coworker? Answer: B
◉ A nurse is teaching about cardiac muscles to a client who golfs.
The nurse describes an image of a golf club with two large bulbous
heads protruding from one end of a straight shaft. Which cardiac
muscle component did the nurse describe? Answer: B
◉ A nurse is teaching the staff about electrocardiography and the
reading of the electrocardiogram (ECG). Which term should the
nurse use to describe the wave on the ECG that represents atrial
depolarization? Answer: A
◉ What should the nurse monitor to determine a client's afterload?
Answer: D
, ◉ A nurse is describing blood flow through the heart and describes
the valve that directs blood flow from the left atrium to the left
ventricle. Which term, if used by the client, will indicate to the nurse
that the teaching about the valve was successful? Answer: A
◉ Which information indicates the nurse has an accurate
understanding of the action of the heart? Answer: A
◉ When a client's abdominal pressure is increased, venous blood
moves in which direction? Answer: A
◉ When a client releases atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), the nurse
expects which effects to occur? Answer: B
◉ A man reports that he had to have a pacemaker put in because his
normal pacemaker would not work. This client asks the nurse what
the normal pacemaker is. Which information by the client indicates
teaching was successful? Answer: C
◉ A nurse hears in report that the team will be caring for a client
with a low ejection fraction. The nurse will be caring for which
client? Answer: A
