CAD, HTN, HLD, HF Flashcards
Risk factors for HTN
How would you know that secondary organ disease is present in your patient with heart failure?
What assessment findings would you expect in a patient with right sided heart failure?
What priority body systems would you assess in the patient with an exacerbated heart failure?
What educational points would you make to a patient regarding their Loop diuretic?
What lifestyle changes can improve hyperlipidemia?
What characteristic(s) on an EKG are you looking for in a patient with suspected MI?
How would you assess a patient’s anginal pain?
What is a goal blood pressure in a patient <60?
Name 2 hypertension medications and their actions
Your patient’s blood pressure is 100/80, and heart rate is 60. You’re due to administer lisinopril and metoprolol. What do you do?
The patient asks about expectations after his cardiac cath. What do you discuss?
How does the RAAS effect blood pressure?
What is the purpose of the beta blocker carvedilol (Coreg)?
What is the role of aspirin 81mg in a cardiac patient’s care?
How would you educate a patient on taking their blood pressure at home?
How can hyperlipidemia be treated?
What monitoring would be required for atorvastatin?
What is priority care for the patient presenting with ST elevation and chest pain?
How would you educate a patient regarding administration of nitroglycerin?
Name three medications/supplements that can improve hyperlipidemia.
Draw the blood flow through the heart on the whiteboard.
Your patient’s BNP is 1000. What do you assess for next?
Draw a diagram of the RAAS on the whiteboard.
What are the symptoms of right ventricular heart failure?
What are two long-term complications of untreated hypertension?
How does the medication Norvasc/amlodipine work?
Describe the values indicated on a lipid panel (3).
What medications might you use in a patient with decompensated heart failure?
How do hypertension, high cholesterol, and coronary artery disease contribute to the development of heart failure?
Explain how a multidisciplinary care team contributes to managing patients with cardiovascular disease.
If a patient’s blood pressure is not responding to the combination of ACE inhibitors and calcium channel blockers, what other pharmacologic classes might you consider?
How do ezetimibe, PCSK9 inhibitors, and fibrates differ from statins in managing high cholesterol?
Describe the process of plaque rupture and how it can lead to acute coronary syndromes (ACS).
Describe the differences between STEMI and NSTEMI care.
What are the characteristics of stable angina?
What would you include in education for a patient with stable angina?
A patient with acute decompensated heart failure presents with pulmonary edema. What immediate interventions would you initiate in the emergency department?
How can management of diabetes contribute to prevention of CAD?
You are treating a patient with heart failure who is experiencing frequent hospitalizations. What additional strategies might you consider to optimize management?
How can socioeconomic factors, such as access to healthcare and medication, affect the management of cardiovascular diseases like hypertension and heart failure?
Name the different types of diuretics and monitoring priorities you’d implement when giving them.
