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Exam 3: NU158 / NU 158 (Latest
2025 / 2026) Medical-Surgical Nursing I | Questions & Answers | 100 % Correct | Grade A - Galen
Question:
What do you do after you administer nitroglycerin
Answer:
check blood pressure
Question:
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
Answer:
Classified as STEMI or NSTEMI
caused by blockage or disruption of blood flow to coronary tissue
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Question:
What causes an infarction?
Answer:
Loss of blood supply to parts of the heart; causes cell death
Question:
MONA
Answer:
morphine, oxygen, nitrates, aspirin
Question:
IV access
Answer:
large bore
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Heparin
Answer:
administered as a continuous weight-based drip, monitor therapy by PTT
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Question:
Fibrinolytic therapy
Answer:
clot buster (FOR STEMI)
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CABG
Answer:
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, "Open heart surgery"
STENT PLACEMENT
Question:
heart failure (HF)
Answer:
inability of the heart to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs.
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CHF (congestive heart failure)
Answer:
Accumulation of blood and fluid in organs and tissues from impaired circulation 3 / 4
Question:
What are the main causes of Heart failure
Answer:
CAD and uncontrolled HTN
Question:
What side of the heart usually fails first
Answer:
left side
Question:
Keywords associated with Heart failure
Answer:
congestion and increased pressure
Question:
Treatments for Heart failure
Answer:
cardiac glycosides/digoxin Loop diuretics (Lasix, HCTZ)
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