NSG 6001 Final Study Guide (Complete And Verified Study material) (15pages) LEARNEXAMS

1. You are in the clinic with your mentor observing exercise test of a 45 year old who has been experiencing slight chest pressure almost daily during exercise. While observing your patient your mentor points out that the left ventricle wall is thinning and there is some hyperkinesia of the ventricular wall. From your time in the clinic you know that this test will be what type of result: Answer Positive 2. What are the most common mechanisms to produce cardiac arrhythmias?- Answer enhanced automaticity, triggered activity or reentry 3. A 65 year old white male arrives in your clinic with general complaints of slight abdominal discomfort. He has a known history of smoking two packs per day for 40 years and hypertension.He also has COPD and has been treated numerous times with oral steroids. You consider optimal diagnoses. Of the ones listed below which should be included as a potential top suspect in our choice diagnosis: Answer abdominal aortic aneurysm 4. More than half of all cardiac arrhythmias involve in the atria: Answer True 5. What are the most common symptoms caused by tachyarrhythmias: Answer Palpitations 6. For women with known cad and diabetes, which is the most appropriate to assess CAD risk: Answer ETT with imaging 7. Of the following, which is the best answer when asked about the advantage of