Dr. Zeeshan Hoodbhoy of NCLEX High Yield shares a few quick tips about cardio to help you pass your NCLEX!

1. Dr. Zeeshan's
NCLEX Quick
Tips
Dr. Zeeshan Hoodbhoy | NCLEX
High Yield
CARDIO

2. CARDIO
SuPraventricular
Tachycardia (SVT) vs
Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
suPraventricular tachycardcia - there is
some sort of a P wave
SVT is SKinny - it has a NARROW QRS
Complex
VT has no P wave
VT has a WIDE QRS
Complex

3. HEART FAILURE education:
DR. BEEDSS
Diet (no sodium or fluids)
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Risk for falls (orthostatic hypotension)
BP+BNP shouldn't be elevated
Elevate with pillows in high Fowler's
Exercise
Daily Weights
Sex (2 flights of stairs with no SOB)
Smoking cessation

4. HOW TO REMEMBER NORMAL
CHOLESTEROL VALUES
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They are in alphabetical order and
increase by 50!
HDL: 50
LDL: 100
Triglycerides: 150
Total Cholesterol: 200

5. Cardiology: Loop Diuretics
Furosemide, Bumentanide,
Torsemide
Think "OOHH DANG!"
Orthostatic Hypotension
Ototoxicity
Hypokalemia
Hypomagnesemia
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Dehydration
Allergy (Sulfa's)
Nephrotoxic (check BUN and Creatinine)
Gout

6. TREATMENT OF ANGINA
"MONA"
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Morphine (Make sure to check BP and
HR first)
Oxygen *helps lower the demand on
the heart)
Nitroglycerin (for vasodilation)
Aspirin (125 - 325 mg)

7. Blood Pressure Medication
Safe In Pregnancy
Hydralazine
Methyldopa
Labetalol
Nifedipine
CARDIO
"Hypertensive Mothers Love
Nifedipine"
Never give a hypertensive mother ARB's or
ACE-I's, these are teratogens and will harm the
baby!

8. Remember that
heparin and warfarin
prevent blood clots,
by anti-coagulating.
They don't actually
break them down
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9. PAD
P - Pale, cool skin - ulcer, intermittent pain
A - Absent/decreased pulse, Activity causes
pain (intermittent claudication)
D - Dry, scale skin
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Patients with PAD should dangle their legs
NEVER ELEVATE

10. THE DOUBLE "A"
CARDIO
You look at a telemetry strip and see
Asystole; what do you do first?
Think "Double-A" - Asystole, Assess!
Because you always need to assess
the patient and the leads first before
you take the situation any further

11. ACE Inhibitor Acronym
"ACE-I"
Angioedema - ASK GRAPH (Instead use
ARBs)
Cough - not worried (Instead use ARBs)
Excess Potassium - ASK GRAPH
Instead use ARBs
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Both ARBs and ACE-I cause Excess
Potassium and are Teratogens

12. Popular foods with
Vitamin K for the
Boards
Kale, Spinach,
Cabbage, Broccoli,
and Liver
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13. THANKS!
ZeeshanHoodbhoy.com
NCLEXHighYield.com
Youtube: @nclexhighyield