ATI RN
Cardiovascular System Exam Questions and Answers Questions
Question 1 of 5
In penetrating heart injuries such as a stab wound, which of the following tears in the heart continues to bleed and does not seal with a clot?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
A patient has been receiving a heparin sodium IV for the last three days. The patient's most current platelet count is 65,000 × 103/uL; while the platelet count on admission was 350,000 × 103/uL. The cardiac-vascular nurse contacts the physician to:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
What is the patient with primary hypertension likely to report?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
Priority Decision: While teaching women about the risks and incidence of CAD, what does the nurse emphasize?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
At what point in the healing process of the myocardium following an infarct does early scar tissue result in an unstable heart wall?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.