Exam 3: NUR 254 / NUR254 (Latest
Update 2025 / 2026) Concepts of Nursing; The Childbearing and Child Caring Families | Questions and Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct - Galen
Question:
Most common congenital heart defect
Answer:
Ventricular septal defect (VSD) Left side of heart has the most pressure Often children with down syndrome
Question:
ductus arteriosus should close
Answer:
functionally closed with 12-24 hrs
completely closed within 3 weeks 1 / 4
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acyantoic defects
Answer:
Defects of increased Pulmonary blood flow ASD VSD PDA Obstructive Coarctation of the aorta Aortic stenosis Pulmonic stenosis
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Cyanotic defects
Answer:
Defects of decreased pulmonary blood flow Tetralogy of fallot Tricuspid atresia Mixed blood flow Transposition of the great vessels Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
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Question:
Cyanotic defects start with
Answer:
T or H
Question:
atrial septal defect (ASD)
Answer:
Acyanotic
Increased pulmonary blood flow
Left to right shunting
May or may not have symptoms -Heart murmur -can lead to right-sided heart failure
Treatment: Cardiac cath
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Question:
ventricular septal defect
Answer:
Acyanotic
Increased pulmonary blood flow
Left to right shunting
Heart murmur can lead to right-sided heart failure
Treatment: Cardiac cath
Question:
coarctation of the aorta
Answer:
Acyanotic
Obstructive defect
Increased BP and bounding pulse in upper extremities, decreased BP and faint in lower extremities Treatment: Dissect and reconnect aorta or dilation balloon
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