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NRSG 327 ACS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
What heart sounds would you hear instable angina? -- Answer ✔✔ pericardial friction
rub
-pericarditis pain relieved when sitting forward
Call 911 after ____ doses of nitro q5min doesn't relieve angina -- Answer ✔✔ 3
MI meds (MONA) -- Answer ✔✔ Morphine sulphate, Oxygen, Nitro, ASA
What is the most common complication for STEMI -- Answer ✔✔ dysrhythmia
Why is smoking bad for heart -- Answer ✔✔ carbon monoxide binds to hgb better than
o2 making less O2 transported
Nicotine increases HR
T/f statins are 100% effective in lowering cholesterol -- Answer ✔✔ false
Especially not women
Stable angina vs unstable angina -- Answer ✔✔ stable= consistent, predictable, resolved
with rest or nitro
Unstable= unpredictable at rest, not resolved with rest or nitro
Variant/prinzmetals angina -- Answer ✔✔ spasm close to blockage, at night/morning, tx
with ccbs
