Health Assessment
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| show | "I always listen to the heart in a number of places on the chest."
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| To assess the dorsalis pedis artery, you would palpate: | show 🗑
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| show | Aortic area - pulmonic area - Erb's point - tricuspid area - mitral area
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| During an assessment, the nurse notes that a patient's left arm is swollen from the shoulder down to the fingers, with nonpitting edema. The right arm is normal. The patient had a mastectomy one year ago. The nurse suspects which problem: | show 🗑
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| show | Modified Allen's test
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| show | No further response is needed, as this is normal.
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| show | left atrioventricular valve.
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| show | Raynaud's syndrome.
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| show | Enlarged and tender inguinal nodes
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| show | proceed with the exam. It is often impossible to palpate this pulse.
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| show | a murmur that is palpable.
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| show | pericardium
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| show | second left intercostal space
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| Which of the following statements best describes the mechanism(s) by which venous blood returns to the heart? Question 14 answers | show 🗑
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| Which of the following statements is true regarding the apical impulse? | show 🗑
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| The nurse wishes to listen in the aortic valve area. To do this, the stethoscope would be placed at the: | show 🗑
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| show | blood flow turbulence.
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| show | the atria contract toward the end of diastole and push the remaining blood into the ventricles
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| show | the aorta
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| The muscular wall of the heart is called the: | show 🗑
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| When listening to heart sounds, the nurse knows that the valve closures that can be heard best at the base of the heart are: | show 🗑
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| show | SA node - AV node - bundle of His - bundle branches
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| show | heart failure.
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| The component of the conduction system referred to as the pacemaker of the heart is the: | show 🗑
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| The nurse would palpate around the medial malleolus to assess which pulse: | show 🗑
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| The direction of blood flow through the heart is best described by which of the following? | show 🗑
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| show | a brownish discoloration to the skin of the lower leg
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| show | S1 coincides w/carotid artery pulse
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| The precordium is: | show 🗑
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| show | claudication
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| show | decreased cardiac output.
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| A patient's capillary refill in the fingertips is found to be greater than 3 seconds. The student nurse understands this to mean: | show 🗑
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| A patient has a positive Homan's sign. You know that a positive Homan's sign: | show 🗑
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| show | distant
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| The thin layer of tissue that lines the inner surface of the heart chambers and valves is called: | show 🗑
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| show | Nocturia
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| A 70-year-old patient is scheduled for open-heart surgery. The physician plans to use the great saphenous vein for the coronary bypass grafts. The patient asks, "What happens to my circulation when the veins are removed?" The nurse should reply: | show 🗑
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| show | listen with the bell of the stethoscope to assess for bruits.
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| show | 1+/4+
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| show | with the diaphragm, patient sitting up and leaning forward
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| The second heart sound (S2) is the result of: | show 🗑
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| In your assessment of a normal adult, where would you expect to palpate the apical impulse? | show 🗑
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| When performing a peripheral vascular assessment on a patient, you are unable to palpate the ulnar pulses. The patient's skin is warm and capillary refill time is normal. You would: | show 🗑
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| show | Examine the patient's lower arm and hand, checking for the presence of infection or lesions.
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| show | moderately loud, easy to hear.
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| Select the best description of the tricuspid valve: | show 🗑
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| The nurse is reviewing an assessment of a patient's peripheral pulses and notes that the documentation states that the radial pulses are 2+. The nurse recognizes that this reading indicates what type of pulse: | show 🗑
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| show | Peripheral blood vessels growing more rigid with age, producing a rise in systolic blood pressure
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| The nurse is performing a peripheral vascular assessment on a bedridden patient, & notes following findings in right leg: increased warmth, swelling, redness, tenderness to palpation, & positive Homan's sign. The nurse would: | show 🗑
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