ATI LPN
Cardiovascular Multiple Choice Questions and Answers Questions
Question 1 of 5
What are the nurse's key assessments before administering diltiazem to a client with atrial fibrillation?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Diltiazem can cause bradycardia and hypotension, requiring these parameters to be assessed before administration.
Question 2 of 5
Patient presents with strong angina history without diabetes and angiogram finding significant complex 3 vessel disease and syntax score >22. What is the best course of action?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: For complex 3-vessel disease with a high SYNTAX score (>22), CABG is a class I indication due to improved survival outcomes compared to PCI or medical management alone.
Question 3 of 5
72 y/o female presented to the ER due to acute onset of severe abdominal pain and bloating. She was found to have a perforated gastric ulcer and underwent a gastrectomy. Upon returning home she noted postprandial N/V/D with diaphoresis, palpitations, and flushing. What is the most likely etiology?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Dumping syndrome occurs after gastrectomy due to rapid gastric emptying into the small intestine, causing osmotic shifts and symptoms like nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and flushing.
Question 4 of 5
Which of the following is considered a non-modifiable risk factor for cancer development?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Genetic instability is a non-modifiable risk factor predisposing individuals to various types of cancer.
Question 5 of 5
After 'having a few', your patient made the mistake of talking politics with a couple of strangers. Badly bruised, he now presents to your office/ER with a swollen hand with multiple lacerations that, as best he recalls, were the result of punching someone in the mouth. Some appear infected. All but which of the following would be considered poor choices?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Amoxicillin/clavulanate (Augmentin®) is effective against both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria commonly found in human bites.