NUFT 204 EVALUATION EXAM ACTUAL UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔6 areas that can be ascultated for bruits: - ✔✔- carotids
- temporal
- aorta
- renals
- femoral
- iliacs
✔✔what does allen's test do? - ✔✔test how well an artery is perfusing to a certain area
✔✔what is homan's sign? what is the process? - ✔✔assesses for DVT; rapidly dorsiflex
foot/ ankle
✔✔ankle-brachial index test (3 steps): - ✔✔- take a BP in the arm
- take BP on ankle
- divide leg systolic/by arm systolic
✔✔what is the ejection fraction (EF)? in the healthy heart, it is around _______ - ✔✔the
amount of blood pumped out of the heart (left ventricle) with each beat; 70%
✔✔define ascites: - ✔✔accumulated fluid in the abdomen
(seen in alcoholics, cirrhosis of the liver)
✔✔2 kinds of cardiac enzyme tests: - ✔✔- troponin I
- CK or CK- MB
(***these tests dictate how heart treatment is provided)
✔✔LDH AST: - ✔✔liver function test
✔✔lipids test: - ✔✔cholesterol testing
✔✔PT/PTT test: - ✔✔bleeding time tests; indicates how thick/thin blood is
✔✔ABG test: - ✔✔arterial blood gas; tells someone how sick they are
✔✔electrolyte testing: - ✔✔- calcium (k); (high or low can cause arrhythmias)
- potassium
✔✔CBC testing: - ✔✔hemoglobin/hematocrit; indicates how viscous blood is
, ✔✔EKG testing: - ✔✔*assesses electrical impulses*; screen shot, 6 seconds of reading
✔✔holter monitor: - ✔✔portable EKG device
✔✔what is cardiac catheterization? - ✔✔long thin tube is inserted in an artery or vein in
groin, neck or arm & threaded through blood vessels to heart
✔✔what is an anagram? - ✔✔locating narrowing/blockages in blood vessels that could
cause chest pain
✔✔what is a hemodynamic assessment? - ✔✔measures pressure & oxygen levels in
different parts of heart
✔✔define epigastric: - ✔✔above umbilicus, between the costal margins
✔✔define paracentesis: - ✔✔removal of fluid from the abdomen
✔✔3 signs of ascites: - ✔✔- expanded flank
- shiny skin
- skin taut
✔✔5 components of an abdomen inspection: - ✔✔- symmetry
- shape/contour
- umbilicus
- skin
- movements/pulsations
✔✔____ bowel sounds should be heard/min in each abdominal quadrant - ✔✔5-35
✔✔when are bowel sounds considered absent? - ✔✔inability to hear sounds after 5
continuous minutes
✔✔define borborygmi: - ✔✔hyperactive bowel sounds
✔✔5 reasons the abdomen could be distended: - ✔✔- fluid
- feces
- fat
- fetus
- flatus
("the 5 F's")
✔✔12 factors affecting bowel elimination: - ✔✔- age
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔6 areas that can be ascultated for bruits: - ✔✔- carotids
- temporal
- aorta
- renals
- femoral
- iliacs
✔✔what does allen's test do? - ✔✔test how well an artery is perfusing to a certain area
✔✔what is homan's sign? what is the process? - ✔✔assesses for DVT; rapidly dorsiflex
foot/ ankle
✔✔ankle-brachial index test (3 steps): - ✔✔- take a BP in the arm
- take BP on ankle
- divide leg systolic/by arm systolic
✔✔what is the ejection fraction (EF)? in the healthy heart, it is around _______ - ✔✔the
amount of blood pumped out of the heart (left ventricle) with each beat; 70%
✔✔define ascites: - ✔✔accumulated fluid in the abdomen
(seen in alcoholics, cirrhosis of the liver)
✔✔2 kinds of cardiac enzyme tests: - ✔✔- troponin I
- CK or CK- MB
(***these tests dictate how heart treatment is provided)
✔✔LDH AST: - ✔✔liver function test
✔✔lipids test: - ✔✔cholesterol testing
✔✔PT/PTT test: - ✔✔bleeding time tests; indicates how thick/thin blood is
✔✔ABG test: - ✔✔arterial blood gas; tells someone how sick they are
✔✔electrolyte testing: - ✔✔- calcium (k); (high or low can cause arrhythmias)
- potassium
✔✔CBC testing: - ✔✔hemoglobin/hematocrit; indicates how viscous blood is
, ✔✔EKG testing: - ✔✔*assesses electrical impulses*; screen shot, 6 seconds of reading
✔✔holter monitor: - ✔✔portable EKG device
✔✔what is cardiac catheterization? - ✔✔long thin tube is inserted in an artery or vein in
groin, neck or arm & threaded through blood vessels to heart
✔✔what is an anagram? - ✔✔locating narrowing/blockages in blood vessels that could
cause chest pain
✔✔what is a hemodynamic assessment? - ✔✔measures pressure & oxygen levels in
different parts of heart
✔✔define epigastric: - ✔✔above umbilicus, between the costal margins
✔✔define paracentesis: - ✔✔removal of fluid from the abdomen
✔✔3 signs of ascites: - ✔✔- expanded flank
- shiny skin
- skin taut
✔✔5 components of an abdomen inspection: - ✔✔- symmetry
- shape/contour
- umbilicus
- skin
- movements/pulsations
✔✔____ bowel sounds should be heard/min in each abdominal quadrant - ✔✔5-35
✔✔when are bowel sounds considered absent? - ✔✔inability to hear sounds after 5
continuous minutes
✔✔define borborygmi: - ✔✔hyperactive bowel sounds
✔✔5 reasons the abdomen could be distended: - ✔✔- fluid
- feces
- fat
- fetus
- flatus
("the 5 F's")
✔✔12 factors affecting bowel elimination: - ✔✔- age
