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Advanced Med-Surg Exam 1 Questions and Answers How do you assess for costovertebral tenderness? (CVA) {{Answer:- - below the posterior rib cages bilaterally by thumping to assess for tenderness What is CVA (costovertebral angle) tenderness indicative of? {{Answer:- - pyelonephritis What...

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Advanced Med -Surg Exam 1 Questions and Answers How do you assess for costovertebral tend erness? (CVA) {{Answer: - - below the posterior rib cages bilaterally by thumping to assess for tenderness What is CVA (costovertebral angle) tenderness indicative of? {{Answer: - - pyelonephritis What are expected findings with abdominal assessment? {{Answer: - - high pitched gurgling sounds in all 4 quadrants (5 -30min) If there are deficits with cranial nerves 9&10 (glossopharyngeal &vagus) what would you need to assess for? {{Answer: - - drooling, as could be at risk for aspiration If you are unable to palpate pulses what could you do to assess them? {{Answer: - - assess the pulse superior to that one - doppler Where do you assess for skin tenting? Why? {{Answer: - - chest over sternum or forehead - to assess for hydration status What are adventitious lung sounds and what could they indicate? {{Answer: - - crackles/rales = fluid overload, resp. infection(pneumonia) - wheezing = asthma & emphysema - rhonchi = fluid in larger airways, CF, infection Signs if dyspnea is related to a heart disease {{Answer: - - edema in extremities Signs if dyspnea is related to a respiratory disease {{Answer: - - cyanosis - low pulse ox - blue nail beds What does valve prolapse sound like on auscultation? {{Answer: - - clicking What do hear murmurs sound like? {{Answer: - - whooshing - swishing Where do you expect to hear bronchial breath sounds? {{Answer: - - over the trachea Where would you expect to hear bronchovesicular breath sounds? {{Answer: - - sternal borders Where do you expect to hear vesicular breath sounds? {{Answer: - - peripheral lung fields what are findings associated with an arterial peripheral artery disease? {{Answer: - - cool pale skin - weak pulses - cyanosis What are findings associated with a ven ous peripheral artery disease? {{Answer: - - brown/red legs

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