Practice Question
Which of the following options gives a nurse the most accurate diagnostic picture of a cardiac issue?
Answer Choices:
Correct Answer:
Cardiac Catheterization
Rationale:
🫀 Cardiac catheterization provides the most accurate and direct visualization of heart anatomy and function.
🫀 It allows for measurement of pressures, sampling of blood gases, and identification of structural abnormalities.
🫀 It also enables intervention, such as balloon dilation or stent placement, if required during the procedure.
🫀 While echocardiograms and ECGs are useful, catheterization is considered the gold standard for detailed cardiac assessment.
🫀 It’s particularly helpful in planning surgery or intervention for congenital heart defects.
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This question is from RN ATI Pediatrics Exam IV which contains 35 questions.
More Questions from This Exam
An 8-year-old patient presents to his clinic, complaining of dizziness, headaches, and epistaxis. The nurse took the patient's vital signs and noticed that he had high blood pressure in his arms and bounding upper extremity pulses; however, when she proceeded to check his lower extremity pulses, they were weak, and his legs were pale and cool to touch. What does this patient present signs of?
Answer Choices:
A. Tetralogy of Fallot
B. Coarctation of the Aorta
C. Pulmonic Stenosis
D. Tricuspid Atresia
An 8-month-old infant has a hypercyanotic spell while blood is being drawn. What is the priority nursing action?
Answer Choices:
A. Prepare family for imminent death
B. Place the child in the knee-chest position
C. Assess for neurologic defects
D. Begin cardiopulmonary resuscitation
In a non-potty trained child with nephrotic syndrome,which is the best way to detect fluid retention?
Answer Choices:
A. weigh the child daily
B. Measure the abdominal girth weekly
C. Count the number of wet diapers
D. Test the urine for hematuna
A 10-year-old has undergone a cardiac catheterization. At the end of the procedure, the nurse should first assess
Answer Choices:
A. Pain
B. Pulses
C. Catheterization report
D. Hemoglobin and hematocrit levels
Nick was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Which of the following responses should the nurse educate his parents regarding the treatment of this disease?
Answer Choices:
A. Surgery is a palliative measure. The patient will require a heart transplant
B. The surgeon will create an opening between the atria and ventricles to allow oxygenated blood flow to the body. He should be cured with this simple surgery
C. This problem is caused by the displacement of the pulmonary artery and aortic artery. Surgery will be performed to put these arteries back in place.
D. His condition will improve greatly after we give him prostaglandin.
Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI Exam(s)
- Domain: RN ATI Pediatrics
- Answer Choices: 4
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