Exam 2: Cardiac Practice Questions Nclex Flashcards Correctly Answered Graded A+ 2024/2025

Which of the following symptoms is most commonly associated with left-sided heart failure? 1. Crackles 2. Arrhythmias 3. Hepatic engorgement 4. Hypotension {Ans: 1. Crackles in the lungs are a classic sign of left-sided heart failure. These sounds are caused by fluid backing up into the pulmonary system. Arrhythmias can be associated w/ both right- & left-sided heart failure. Left-sided heart failure causes hypertension secondary to an increased workload on the system.}Which of the following symptoms might a pt with right-sided heart failure exhibit? 1. Adequate urine output 2. Polyuria 3. Oliguria 4. Polydipsia {Ans: 3. Inadequate deactivation of aldosterone by the liver after right-sided heart failure leads to fluid retention, which causes oliguria.}A nurse caring for a pt in one room is told by another nurse that a second pt has developed severe pulmonary edema. On entering the 2nd pt's room, the nurse would expect the pt to be: 1. Slightly anxious 2. Mildly anxious 3. Moderately anxious 4. Extremely anxious {Ans: 4. Pulmonary edema causes the pt to be extremely agitated & anxious. The pt may complain of a sense of drowning, suffocation, or smothering.}Furosemide is administered intravenously to a pt with HF. How soon