NCLEX Cardiovascular Exam Prep
NCLEX CARDIOVASCULAR EXAM PREP NEWEST 2026/2027
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
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When a patient wants to know about the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system,
what is the nurse's best response? Conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II
happens in the:
a. Lungs
b. Liver
c. Kidneys
d. Heart - Correct Answer-a. Lungs
A nurse is discussing the different types of regulation. Which regulation is the
nurse describing? Local myogenic regulation of blood vessel diameter and thus
blood flow through a vessel is an example of:
a. Autonomic regulation
b. Somatic regulation
c. Autoregulation
d. Metabolic regulation - Correct Answer-c. Autoregulation
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A 65-year-old male develops blockage in the pulmonary artery. As a result of the
blockage, blood would first back up into the:
a. Aorta
b. Left ventricle
c. Pulmonary veins
d. Right ventricle - Correct Answer-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
b. Left atrium
c. Left ventricle
d. Right ventricle - Correct Answer-c. Left ventricle
A nurse recalls the chamber that receives blood from the systemic circulation is
the:
a. Right atrium
b. Right ventricle
c. Left atrium
d. Left ventricle - Correct Answer-a. Right atrium
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Which statement indicates the nurse understands blood flow? Oxygenated blood
flows through the:
a. Superior vena cava
b. Pulmonary veins
c. Pulmonary artery
d. Cardiac veins - Correct Answer-b. Pulmonary veins
The nurse is planning care for a patient with heart problems. Which information
should the nurse remember? The _____ artery travels down the interventricular
septum and delivers blood to portions of the left and right ventricle.
a. Right coronary
b. Circumflex
c. Left anterior descending
d. Cardiac - Correct Answer-c. Left anterior descending
Which principle should the nurse remember when planning nursing care for a
patient with heart problems? As stated by the Frank-Starling law, there is a direct
relationship between the _____ of the blood in the heart at the end of diastole
and the _____ of contraction during the next systole.
a. Pressure, duration
b. Volume, force
c. Viscosity, force
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d. Viscosity, duration - Correct Answer-b. Volume, force
Within a normal physiologic range, an increase in left ventricular end-diastolic
volume would lead the nurse to monitor for:
a. An increased force of contraction
b. A decrease in cardiac output
c. An increase in heart rate
d. Heart failure - Correct Answer-a. An increased force of contraction
While planning care for a heart patient, which principle should the nurse recall?
Right ventricular afterload is affected by:
a. Vascular resistance in the systemic vessels
b. Right end-diastolic pressure
c. Pressures in the vena cava
d. Pulmonary vascular resistance - Correct Answer-d. Pulmonary vascular
resistance
Which principle should the nurse remember while planning care for a cardiac
patient? Pressure in the left ventricle must exceed pressure in the _____ before
the left ventricle can eject blood.
a. Coronary arteries
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NCLEX CARDIOVASCULAR EXAM PREP NEWEST 2026/2027
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
When a patient wants to know about the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system,
what is the nurse's best response? Conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II
happens in the:
a. Lungs
b. Liver
c. Kidneys
d. Heart - Correct Answer-a. Lungs
A nurse is discussing the different types of regulation. Which regulation is the
nurse describing? Local myogenic regulation of blood vessel diameter and thus
blood flow through a vessel is an example of:
a. Autonomic regulation
b. Somatic regulation
c. Autoregulation
d. Metabolic regulation - Correct Answer-c. Autoregulation
1|Page
, NCLEX Cardiovascular Exam Prep
A 65-year-old male develops blockage in the pulmonary artery. As a result of the
blockage, blood would first back up into the:
a. Aorta
b. Left ventricle
c. Pulmonary veins
d. Right ventricle - Correct Answer-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
b. Left atrium
c. Left ventricle
d. Right ventricle - Correct Answer-c. Left ventricle
A nurse recalls the chamber that receives blood from the systemic circulation is
the:
a. Right atrium
b. Right ventricle
c. Left atrium
d. Left ventricle - Correct Answer-a. Right atrium
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Which statement indicates the nurse understands blood flow? Oxygenated blood
flows through the:
a. Superior vena cava
b. Pulmonary veins
c. Pulmonary artery
d. Cardiac veins - Correct Answer-b. Pulmonary veins
The nurse is planning care for a patient with heart problems. Which information
should the nurse remember? The _____ artery travels down the interventricular
septum and delivers blood to portions of the left and right ventricle.
a. Right coronary
b. Circumflex
c. Left anterior descending
d. Cardiac - Correct Answer-c. Left anterior descending
Which principle should the nurse remember when planning nursing care for a
patient with heart problems? As stated by the Frank-Starling law, there is a direct
relationship between the _____ of the blood in the heart at the end of diastole
and the _____ of contraction during the next systole.
a. Pressure, duration
b. Volume, force
c. Viscosity, force
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d. Viscosity, duration - Correct Answer-b. Volume, force
Within a normal physiologic range, an increase in left ventricular end-diastolic
volume would lead the nurse to monitor for:
a. An increased force of contraction
b. A decrease in cardiac output
c. An increase in heart rate
d. Heart failure - Correct Answer-a. An increased force of contraction
While planning care for a heart patient, which principle should the nurse recall?
Right ventricular afterload is affected by:
a. Vascular resistance in the systemic vessels
b. Right end-diastolic pressure
c. Pressures in the vena cava
d. Pulmonary vascular resistance - Correct Answer-d. Pulmonary vascular
resistance
Which principle should the nurse remember while planning care for a cardiac
patient? Pressure in the left ventricle must exceed pressure in the _____ before
the left ventricle can eject blood.
a. Coronary arteries
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