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1)Your Patient was admitted for a newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation

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1)Your Patient was admitted for a newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation.Cardiac enzymes are negative . Your patient is at risk for what major complication of atrial fibrillation?
A)   Ventricular rupture
B)   Septic shock resulting in hypovolemia
C)   Thrombus resulting in embolus 
D)   Malignant hypertension


2     The nurse interviews a patient with peripheral vascular disease (PVD/PAD) and would expect which of the following? 
A)   Thick skinned, hair-covered shins
B)   Positive homan's sign 
C)   Intermittent claudication
D)   Shortness of breath from pulmonary edema. 




3   The primary complications associated with polycythemia vera are from? 
A)   Hypovolemia and shock
B)   Increased blood viscosity
C)   Sickling red blood cells
D)   Weak thready pulse




4  All of the following statements about Hodgkin's lymphoma are true Expect: 
A)   Characterized by pathologic fractures and abdominal Plasma B-cells
B)   Characterized by organized spread, usually unilateral at diagnosis 
C)   Characterized by the presence of Reed-  Sternberg cells. 
D)   Characterized by atypical types of cells found in the blood and lymphatics.






 
5    As the nurse assessing your post- MI patient, you notice hypotension and JVD and suspect cardiac tamponade from pericarditis. Cardiac tamponade disrupts cardiac output by: 
A)   Causing bradycardia 
B)   Decreasing left ventricular afterload 
C)   Disrupting ventricular preload during filling
D)   Increasing flux capacitance