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Medical-Surgical Nursing

Check Your Understanding Questions

Medical-Surgical NursingCheck Your Understanding Questions

Check Your Understanding Questions

1 .
Differentiate between preload and afterload.
2 .
What is the difference between a bradycardic and tachycardic dysrhythmia?
3 .
Describe the nursing interventions when a patient goes into asystole.
4 .
What is the term for the force of blood the ventricle must overcome to eject the blood?
5 .
What is the term for a compensatory thickening of the ventricle?
6 .
If a patient’s ejection fraction is over 70%, what is this known as?
7 .
When the diseased ventricle is unable to eject blood forward, what is this known as?
8 .
What nonmodifiable risk factor has a similar prevalence for hypertension?
9 .
What may a patient with hypertension and evidence of edema have an underlying diagnosis of?
10 .
What is widespread, systemic hardening of the arteries is known as?
11 .
What pharmacological therapy would the nurse anticipate using to prevent further plaque formation in the intima layer of the vessel?
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