MED SURG 170 FULL STUDY SHEET
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COLLECTION
●● What causes pain to the heart when pertaining to angina?
Answer: ischemia
●● What are the 2 forms of Angina?
Answer: Stabe and unstable
●● This can happen due to stress or exercise that eases with rest or
nitrates is what form of angina?
Answer: Stable
●● This occurs at rest and is not relieved by ntirates or stress is
considered what form of angina
Answer: Unstable
●● A patient with angina should avoid what type of meals?
Answer: heavy meals
,●● How long should a patient with angina avoid physical activity after
meals to prevent excessive oxygen demands?
Answer: 1hr
●● When should nitroglycern be taken: before or after completing a
heavy physical activity known to cause an attack?
Answer: before
●● what type of temeperature should we avoid with angina?
Answer: cold (due to vasoconstriction)
●● Whats the most important thing we should stop doing pertaining to
sedentary lifestyle
Answer: smoking cessation
●● What is the proper way to take a nitroglycern tablet?
Answer: sublingually; take 1st dose then lie down, if pain persists take
before taking second dose call 911; can be repeated 2 or more times with
5 minute intervals for a total of 3 tabs
●● when taking a calcium channel blocker what VS should be assessed
prior to administration?
Answer: pulse rate
,●● Due to postural hypotension at what speed should the patient rise?
Answer: slowly
●● Nitrates can causes what s/s?
Answer: hypotension and headaches
●● What is the main reason why buergers disease is caused ?
Answer: smoking
●● what does buergers disease do?
Answer: it causes little clots that cut off circulation
●● what gender is buergers disease more prevelent in?
Answer: males
●● What natives does buergers disease effect more?
Answer: inida, japan, korea, and ashkenazic jewish people
●● intermittent claudification, coldness, numbness and tingling of the
toes and fingers, cyanosis, and impaired peripheral vessels are s/s of
what disease process
Answer: buergers disease
, ●● What patient teaching is vital for a patient with buergers disease?
Answer: avoid precipitating factors like cold, stress, caffeine, and any
form of nicotine ( all of theses can cause vasoconstriction)
●● spasms that cause the disruption in blood flow is a part of what
disease process?
Answer: raynauds
●● what gender is most at risk for raynauds disease?
Answer: young female
●● With raynauds disease what parts of the body are mostly affected?
Answer: fingers and toes
●● The raynauds phenomen occurs on both sides or one side of the
body?
Answer: only one side of the body
●● When a patient has raynauds what should they avoid?
Answer: anything that causes vasoconstriction like cold, stress, caffeine
and nicotine
●● How is raynauds treated?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COLLECTION
●● What causes pain to the heart when pertaining to angina?
Answer: ischemia
●● What are the 2 forms of Angina?
Answer: Stabe and unstable
●● This can happen due to stress or exercise that eases with rest or
nitrates is what form of angina?
Answer: Stable
●● This occurs at rest and is not relieved by ntirates or stress is
considered what form of angina
Answer: Unstable
●● A patient with angina should avoid what type of meals?
Answer: heavy meals
,●● How long should a patient with angina avoid physical activity after
meals to prevent excessive oxygen demands?
Answer: 1hr
●● When should nitroglycern be taken: before or after completing a
heavy physical activity known to cause an attack?
Answer: before
●● what type of temeperature should we avoid with angina?
Answer: cold (due to vasoconstriction)
●● Whats the most important thing we should stop doing pertaining to
sedentary lifestyle
Answer: smoking cessation
●● What is the proper way to take a nitroglycern tablet?
Answer: sublingually; take 1st dose then lie down, if pain persists take
before taking second dose call 911; can be repeated 2 or more times with
5 minute intervals for a total of 3 tabs
●● when taking a calcium channel blocker what VS should be assessed
prior to administration?
Answer: pulse rate
,●● Due to postural hypotension at what speed should the patient rise?
Answer: slowly
●● Nitrates can causes what s/s?
Answer: hypotension and headaches
●● What is the main reason why buergers disease is caused ?
Answer: smoking
●● what does buergers disease do?
Answer: it causes little clots that cut off circulation
●● what gender is buergers disease more prevelent in?
Answer: males
●● What natives does buergers disease effect more?
Answer: inida, japan, korea, and ashkenazic jewish people
●● intermittent claudification, coldness, numbness and tingling of the
toes and fingers, cyanosis, and impaired peripheral vessels are s/s of
what disease process
Answer: buergers disease
, ●● What patient teaching is vital for a patient with buergers disease?
Answer: avoid precipitating factors like cold, stress, caffeine, and any
form of nicotine ( all of theses can cause vasoconstriction)
●● spasms that cause the disruption in blood flow is a part of what
disease process?
Answer: raynauds
●● what gender is most at risk for raynauds disease?
Answer: young female
●● With raynauds disease what parts of the body are mostly affected?
Answer: fingers and toes
●● The raynauds phenomen occurs on both sides or one side of the
body?
Answer: only one side of the body
●● When a patient has raynauds what should they avoid?
Answer: anything that causes vasoconstriction like cold, stress, caffeine
and nicotine
●● How is raynauds treated?
