A Patient Is Scheduled for a Cardiac Catheterization

question 12

Multiple Choice

A patient is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization. In which order should the nurse describe the events in this diagnostic test?

• A) Contrast dye is injected.
• B) Heart activity is filmed.
• C) A catheter is inserted into a vein or artery in the leg.
• D) The catheter is threaded to the heart chamber.
• E) non of the above.

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