WorksheetsNC of Patients with Occlusive Cardiovascular D/O
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
An MI results in the death of heart muscle. It occurs from a sudden partial or complete blockage of a coronary artery.
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Venous insufficiency is an acute condition. Damaged or aging valves within the veins interfere with blood return to the heart, causing pooling of blood in the lower extremities.
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An aneurysm is a bulging, ballooning, or dilation at a weakened point of an arterial wall
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Coronary Artery Disease is the obstruction of blood flow through the coronary arteries to the heart muscle cells, typically from atherosclerosis
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Atherosclerosis is the formation of plaque in the veins.
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The nurse would evaluate the patient as understanding teaching for prevention of coronary artery disease if the patient stated that which of the following is a risk factor for coronary artery disease that can be controlled?
“Family history of cardiovascular disease.”
“Hypertension.”
“Ethnicity.”
“Family history of diabetes mellitus.”
The nurse would evaluate the patient as understanding teaching on the purpose of coronary artery bypass graft surgery if the patient made which of the following statements?
“It cures coronary artery disease.”
“It is done to increase blood flow to the myocardium.”
“It prevents spasms of the coronary arteries.”
“It will decrease blood flow to the coronary arteries.”
The nurse is reinforcing teaching for a patient prescribed sublingual nitroglycerin tablets. The nurse should instruct the patient to use this medication in which of the following ways?
Take one tablet and lie down for 1 hour, and repeat if pain unrelieved.
Place two tablets under the tongue daily to prevent angina.
Swallow one tablet, wait 10 minutes; swallow two tablets if pain persists; swallow three tablets if pain remains after 15 minutes.
With angina and symptoms of myocardial infarction, place one tablet under the tongue and if, after 5 minutes has elapsed, the pain is unchanged or worse, call 911.
The nurse is teaching a patient about medications used to treat peripheral arterial disease and claudication. Which of these would the nurse include in the teaching plan? Select all that apply.
Aspirin
Cholestyramine (Questran)
Cilostazol (Pletal)
Clopidogrel (Plavix)
Enoxaparin (Lovenox)
The nurse is caring for a patient who has peripheral arterial disease. Which of the following statements by the patient indicates understanding of how to manage the pain of peripheral arterial disease?
“I will sit with my legs down.”
“I will use a reclining chair.”
“I will lie down frequently.”
“I will do knee flexion exercises.”
