HESI CARDIOVASCULAR STUDY GUIDE ( LATEST 2025 / 2026 ) ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT

1. Joy's cardiac status has remained stable during hospitalization, and the
health care provider decides that she should undergo an exercise stress test.
Which instructions does the nurse give Joy while explaining the test? Select
all that apply.:
Answer:
joy will need to ask her fiancé to bring her a pair of supportive shoes and loosefitting clothing.
Joy can ask to have the test stopped for excess fatigue, shortness of breath, leg
cramps, or angina
2. Joy experiences chest pain that radiates to her jaw during the stress test,
and the test is stopped. She is given a sublingual nitroglycerin tablet, which
relieves the chest pain. Joy is transported back to her hospital room and monitored
closely. Joy's health care provider schedules cardiac catheterization,
to be performed the next day, and the nurse prepares her for the test. Which
information does the nurse give Joy?:
Answer:
he catheter insertion site will have to be shaved and be antiseptically prepared.
3. joy undergoes cardiac catheterization. The results indicate that her coronary
arteries are patent, and her health care provider determines that she can
be successfully treated with cardiac medications. Joy is transported to her
hospital room for postcatheterization care. Which interventions will the nurse
plan to implement in the immediate postcatheterization period?:
Answer:
Checking Joy's pedal pulse in the affected extremity
Assessing postcatheterization vital signs per hospital policy
Calling the rapid-response team if dysrhythmias or chest pain occurs
4. Coronary Artery Disease: