NUR 3180 Med Surg 2 All Exam
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NUR 3180 Med Surg 2 All Exam
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NUR 3180 Med Surg 2 All Exam
Questions Exam 1, 2 & 3+ exam
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, NUR 3180 Med Surg 2 All Exam
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Med Surg 2 All Exam Questions
Exam 1, 2 & 3
1. A client is sent home with a Holter monitor. The most important information the client
should receive from the nurse
a. Keep a record of daily activities
2. A client is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization using a radiopaque dye. Which of the
following assessments is most critical before the procedure?
a. Allergy to iodine or shellfish.
3. In developing a standard teaching plan for the outpatient unit where stress testing is
performed, the nurse should include information that:
a. The test may cause the client to experience chest pain
4. The nurse is about to perform a physical assessment of the distal extremities for a client
with Buerger’s disease. What clinical manifestations should the nurse expect to see in this
client?
a. Extremities are reddened and distal pulses are diminished
5. The diagnostic study that should provide the nurse with the most relevant information related
to cardiac perfusion is
a. Thallium 201 scintigoraphy
6. In advising a client with higher levels of HDL in proportion to LDL, an appropriate outcome
is that this client:
a. Is less likely to develop CAD
7. Nursing care of a client immediately after a PTCA should include:
a. Encouraging oral fluids for the client
8. A nurse is caring for a client who has had angiography with the entrance site in the left femoral
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artery. 2 hours after the procedure, the nurse is unable to palpate the left pedal pulse. The
priority action at this time would be to:
a. Attempt to locate pulse using a Doppler
9. A nurse is educating a client who has Raynaud’s disease. Which intervention is aimed
at preventing complications?
a. Wear warm clothing when exposed to cool temperature
10. The client participates in a thallium imaging during exercise. The nuclear camera results
obtained 10 minutes later show diffuse uptake of the thallium in all areas of the heart. What does
this mean for the nurse?
a. The test shows no myocardial scarring or impairment of myocardial perfusion
11. The CK-MB level is markedly elevated in a client with chest pain 12 hours after admission. The
nurse interprets this finding as evidence of:
a. Cellular tissue necrosis
12. CK-MB and troponin levels are ordered for a client. The client asks the nurse for the test. The
nurse bases the response on the knowledge that:
a. The presence of myocardial damage occurring several days earlier can be validated best by the
troponin level. (P.743 text: often as long as 3 weeks, and it therefore can be used to detect
recent myocardial damage)
13. A nurse caring for a client who is overweight, HTN, and smokes is newly diagnosed with
thromboangitis obliterans (Buerger’s disease). The priority for teaching should focus
on:
NUR 3180 Med Surg 2 All Exam
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a. Smoking cessation
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NUR 3180 Med Surg 2 All Exam
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NUR 3180 Med Surg 2 All Exam
Questions Exam 1, 2 & 3+ exam
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, NUR 3180 Med Surg 2 All Exam
Questions Exam 1, 2 & 3+ exam
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Med Surg 2 All Exam Questions
Exam 1, 2 & 3
1. A client is sent home with a Holter monitor. The most important information the client
should receive from the nurse
a. Keep a record of daily activities
2. A client is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization using a radiopaque dye. Which of the
following assessments is most critical before the procedure?
a. Allergy to iodine or shellfish.
3. In developing a standard teaching plan for the outpatient unit where stress testing is
performed, the nurse should include information that:
a. The test may cause the client to experience chest pain
4. The nurse is about to perform a physical assessment of the distal extremities for a client
with Buerger’s disease. What clinical manifestations should the nurse expect to see in this
client?
a. Extremities are reddened and distal pulses are diminished
5. The diagnostic study that should provide the nurse with the most relevant information related
to cardiac perfusion is
a. Thallium 201 scintigoraphy
6. In advising a client with higher levels of HDL in proportion to LDL, an appropriate outcome
is that this client:
a. Is less likely to develop CAD
7. Nursing care of a client immediately after a PTCA should include:
a. Encouraging oral fluids for the client
8. A nurse is caring for a client who has had angiography with the entrance site in the left femoral
NUR 3180 Med Surg 2 All Exam
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, NUR 3180 Med Surg 2 All Exam
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artery. 2 hours after the procedure, the nurse is unable to palpate the left pedal pulse. The
priority action at this time would be to:
a. Attempt to locate pulse using a Doppler
9. A nurse is educating a client who has Raynaud’s disease. Which intervention is aimed
at preventing complications?
a. Wear warm clothing when exposed to cool temperature
10. The client participates in a thallium imaging during exercise. The nuclear camera results
obtained 10 minutes later show diffuse uptake of the thallium in all areas of the heart. What does
this mean for the nurse?
a. The test shows no myocardial scarring or impairment of myocardial perfusion
11. The CK-MB level is markedly elevated in a client with chest pain 12 hours after admission. The
nurse interprets this finding as evidence of:
a. Cellular tissue necrosis
12. CK-MB and troponin levels are ordered for a client. The client asks the nurse for the test. The
nurse bases the response on the knowledge that:
a. The presence of myocardial damage occurring several days earlier can be validated best by the
troponin level. (P.743 text: often as long as 3 weeks, and it therefore can be used to detect
recent myocardial damage)
13. A nurse caring for a client who is overweight, HTN, and smokes is newly diagnosed with
thromboangitis obliterans (Buerger’s disease). The priority for teaching should focus
on:
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a. Smoking cessation
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