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Normal Heart
- A. Ventricular septal depolarization occurs from Lt ï‚® Rt
- B. During tachycardia diastolic time reduced than systolic time
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: During tachycardia, diastolic time is significantly reduced compared to systolic time.
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While looking through the chart of an infant with a congenital heart defect (CHD) of decreased pulmonary blood flow, the nurse would expect which laboratory finding?
- A. Decreased platelet count
- B. Polycythemia
- C. Decreased ferritin level
- D. Shift to the left
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Chronic hypoxemia in CHD leads to polycythemia as a compensatory mechanism.
Which high level labs should the nurse explain can prevent cardiovascular disease?
- A. Cholesterol
- B. Triglycerides
- C. Low-density lipoproteins (LDLs)
- D. High-density lipoproteins (HDLs)
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: HDLs contain very low concentrations of triglycerides, relatively little cholesterol, and high levels of proteins. It is thought that HDLs protect against cardiovascular disease. Cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDLs are not protective against cardiovascular disease.
Common reasons for doing a BMT in children are:
- A. SCID (severe combined immunodeficiency)
- B. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- C. CML
- D. Gaucher's disease
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The correct answer is A because SCID is a primary indication for bone marrow transplant (BMT) in children. The other options (b-e) are also indications but less common.
These causes often cause secretory diarrhoea except:
- A. Lactose intolerance
- B. E. coli infection
- C. Congenital chloridorrhoea
- D. Blind loop syndrome
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The correct answer is A because lactose intolerance causes osmotic diarrhoea, not secretory diarrhoea. The other options (b-e) are causes of secretory diarrhoea.
A female client who was involved in a motor vehicle collision is admitted with a fractured left femur which is immobilized using a fracture traction splint in preparation for an open reduction internal fixation (ORIF). The nurse determines that her distal pulses are diminished in the left foot. Which interventions should the nurse implement? (Select all that apply.)
- A. Offer ice chips and oral clear liquids
- B. Verify pedal pulses using a doppler pulse device
- C. Monitor left leg for pain, pallor, paresthesia, paralysis, pressure
- D. Evaluate the application of the splint to the left leg
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: These interventions assess and address potential vascular compromise, which is critical in a client with a fractured femur.