Apical impulse - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NU 606 Midterm Exam Questions and Answers All Correct 2024 New Update Congenital Aortic Stenosis - Answer- -valve can be unicuspid, bicuspid, or tricuspid with partially fused leaflets -abnormal flow can lead to fibrosis and calcification of leaflets -pt usually develops s/s before age 30 Rheumatic aortic stenosis - Answer- -tissue inflammation r/I adhesions and fusing of the commissures -fibrosis and calcification of the leaflet tips can occur bc of continued turbulent flow -develop s...

NUFT 204 - Health Assessment and Physical Examination (CH30) (Latest ) Actual Questions and Answers 100% Correct 1. adventitious sounds Answer: extra breath sounds that are not normally heard, such ascrackles, rhonchi, wheezes, and pleural friction rubs. 2. Alopecia Answer: hair loss 3. Aphasia Answer: impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca's area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impairing under-standing). 4. Apical Impulse (PMI)...

NR 507 MIDTERM EXAM 2 REVIEW _____________________________ is a predominant cause of secondary immune deficiencies worldwide. - Malnutrition A 40-year old male reports to the primary care office with a chief complaint of dyspnea, especially with activity, over the last 5 days. He also notices that several times during the last two days that he could feel his heart "pounding and racing". On collecting the medical history, the patient indicates that he had rheumatic heart disease as ...

HESI PN EXIT EXAM NGN Q&A 2023/24 UPDATE HESI PN EXIT EXAM NGN Q&A 2023/24 UPDATE I HAVE MERGED 3 FILES WHICH THEY ARE TESTING FROM INCLUDING SOME CASE STUDIES NORMAL QUESTIONS ON ACTUAL TEST IS 90% WHILE NGN IS ABOUT 10% THIS FILES CONTAINS SOME RATIONALES TOO ...

NURS 6512 EXAM 2024 SUMMER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+(WALDEN UNIVERSITY) Question 1 In the adult, the apical impulse should be most visible when the patient is in what position? CORRECT ANSWER: Upright

NURS 6512 Final Exam Review (Week 7-11) 1. Examination techniques of the Heart: • Inspection - use tangential lighting; stand to the patient’s right, patient should sit erect and lean forward, lye supine, and left lateral recumbent position; apical pulse midclavicular line 5th left intercostal space; check the skin for cyanosis, venous distention, nail bed for cyanosis and capillary refill time • Palpation - patient supine, palpate the precordium, use proximal halves of the 4 fi...

action potential electrical impulse that is created/transported by specialized nerve tissue (conduction system) afterload peripheral resistance against which the left ventricle must pump; affected by size of ventricle. wall tension, and arterial blood pressure arterial blood pressure measure of the pressure exerted by blood against the walls of the arterial system diastole relaxation of the myocardium ejection fraction (EF) percentage of end-diastolic blood volume that is ejected during dias...

NURS 5220 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A+. 2 / 6 1. What is JVD a sign of?: increased venous pressure; assesses central venous pressure; hearts efficiency; volume status- HEART FAILURE 2. What is the pericardium?: tough, fibrous, double-walled sac that encloses the heart 3. What is the pacemaker of the heart?: SA node 4. If a person has shortness of breath at night what are some diagnostic tests to run?: sleep apnea, chest x-ray, pulmonary function tes...

Heart Failure Exacerbation correct answers -Some of the common symptoms of heart failure include dyspnea on exertion, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, orthopnea, peripheral edema and non-specific abdominal symptoms like nausea and vomiting. -Common physical findings in heart failure exacerbation include peripheral edema, pulmonary crackles, elevated jugular venous pressure, hepatojugular reflex, displaced apical impulse, and S3 gallop. Prevention of HF exacerabtion correct answers MONITOR SODI...

The nurse performs an admission assessment on an adult client admitted through the ED with a myocardial infarction. The nurse charts "Swooshing sound heard over right carotid artery." How should this documentation be corrected? a) Does not need to be corrected b) "Murmur heard over right carotid artery" c) "Split sound auscultated over right carotid artery" d) "Right carotid bruit auscultated" Correct response: "Right carotid bruit auscultated" Explanation: Bruits are swoosh...