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| How can you prevent myocarditis? |
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| What lab is checked with furosemide? |
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| Pt hemorrhages with cardiac cath, what do you do? |
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| assess pt, then hold pressure |
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| What class of meds are given with pericarditis? |
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| What lab should be checked for a pt with mechanical heart valve? |
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| For heart failure pt what is the highest level of concern? |
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| altered LOC & restlessness |
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| What lab is checked in heart failure pt? |
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| Why cardiac cath for pt with with chest pain? |
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| Most common antiplatelet? |
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| Plavix (used for pt with stents) |
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| Blood test that shows pt needs cath lab? |
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| Which rhythms need d-fib pacemaker? |
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| Pt in ED with increased HR, chest pressure, & everything else normal. What should you do? |
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| Therapeutic communication |
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| What do you do before cardioverting an AFIB pt? |
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| How do you document a parkinsons pt on tele with all bad strips? |
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| When do you stop giving nitro? (& no pain) |
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| ST segment returns to baseline |
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| What are the 2 things to remember with pt who comes in with chest pain for more than 6 hours? |
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| No TPA/thrombolytics & more tissue damage due to increased time |
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| When giving sublingual nitro, why would you not give the 3rd dose? |
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| What pts present with atypical symptoms during an MI? |
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| What do you tell a pt with SOB, chest pain, diaphoretic, cold, and clammy? |
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| Chew and swallow a baby aspirin |
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| Narrowing of vessel and clot |
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| COPD pt with pH 7.5, SpO2 98%, room air, respirations 22. What is the highest priority? |
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| pH, pt not taking in enough O2 |
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| Decreased PCO2, increased pH |
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| COPD pt with change in mental status. What is the primary assessment? |
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| Check ABGs (HCO3 &pH decrease) |
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| When is the TB test read? |
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| What if the patient speaks a foreign language? |
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| droplet, N95 mask, negative pressure room |
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| Lab test to check for chronic AFIB with evidence of a PE? |
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| Check INR (to check Coumadin effectiveness) |
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| Patient INR is not in therapeutic range with chronic afib, what do you do? |
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| Medication for symptomatic bradycardia |
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