NRCME Study Sheet Actual Exam 2026 Questions and Verified Answers already graded A+exams of nursing.

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NRCME Study Sheet Actual Exam 2026 Questions
and Verified Answers already graded A+exams of
nursing.




Driver is to be disqualified if VT and the following: ......answer.....symptomatic,
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sustained VT, NSVT with LVEF <40% or diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyo
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pathy, long QT interval syndrome or Brugada syndrome
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Waiting period and maximum certification for Acute MI is ......answer.....Waiti
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ng period 2 months post MI and maximum certification is 1 year
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What is required for initial certification following MI? ......answer.....Inpatient
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post-MI echocardiogram showing LVEF 40%
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What are the requirements for certifying driver with history of MI? ......answer.
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....Asymptomatic, satisfactory ETT every 2 years, LVEF >/40%, no electrocardi
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ogram ischemic changes and clearance by cardiologist
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Waiting period and maximum certification for angina in a driver without resti
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ng angina or change in angina pattern and 1 year with satisfactory ETT every 2 y
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ears and clearance by cardiologist ......answer.....3 months
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CHD riskequivalent conditions include: ......answer.....DM, PVD, Framingham
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e predicting 20% CHD event risk over the next 10 years or being over 45 years of
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age with multiple risk factors for CHF
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Maximum certification of multiple CHD risk-equivalent is ......answer.....1 year
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Waiting period and maximum certification for CABG if the driver is asymptom
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atic, LVEF >/40%, healed sternum and cleared by cardiology ......answer.....3 m
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onths after CABG and 1 year
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5 years post-
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CABG, what routine tests need to be completed ......answer.....Annual ETT and
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imaging stress test if indicated
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What is the maximum certification period for driver with heart failure who is a
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symptomatic, has ETT >6 METS and LVEF >/40% ......answer.....1 year
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Heart failure disqualifications are: ......answer.....Symptomatic, asymptomatic
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with LVEF </ 50% and has ventricular arrhythmias or asymptomatic with LVE
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F <40%
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Driver with heart failure should obtain ......answer.....ETT every 2 years, annual
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evaluation and clearance from cardiologist, echocardiogram and holter monit
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What is the waiting period and maximum certification for PCI if patient is asy
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mptomatic and vascular access site is healed? ......answer.....1 week and initial c
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ertification of 6 months followed by 1 year if ETT is satisfactory
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What follow up testing is required in driver undergoing PCI? ......answer.....ET
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T 3 to 6 months post-
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PCI and bring results to 6 month follow up appointment (if inconclusive, imagi
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ng stress test may be indicated)
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Define Ebstein anomaly ......answer.....Congenital heart disease resulting in do
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wnward displacement of the tricuspid valve.
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What is the maximum certification of Ebstein anomaly if the driver is asympto
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matic, has mild tricuspid anomaly, mild cardiac enlargement and mild ventric
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ular dysfunction. ......answer.....1 year
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