Health Assessment
Exam Three
Knowledge Check
Cardiovascular Assessment
Reading
● Chapter 20: Heart and Neck Vessels, pages 460-477 and 481-500
Check Your Knowledge
1. Identify risk factors for cardiovascular problems
a. Non-modifiable
b. Modifiable
2. Understand the difference between arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis
3. Identify subjective data related to the cardiovascular system and what you should
consider or ask about for the following complaints
a. Chest pain
b. Dyspnea
c. Nocturia
4. Understand how to palpate the carotid artery and what you should be assessing for
5. Understand the following terms
a. Thrill
b. Bruit
c. Murmur
d. Heave (lift)
6. Identify the first step in the cardiovascular assessment (what should you do before
auscultation?)
1
, 7. Understand what the abdominojugular test is, how it is performed, why it is
performed, what you are looking for, and what finding would indicate fluid volume
overload
8. Understand what the JVD test is, how it is performed, why it is performed, what you
are looking for, and what a positive test indicates/means
9. Identify where the heart valves are best heard and what you should do if you are
unable to hear anything when auscultating
10. Identify how to assess the apical pulse and what considerations should be made
when assessing it
11. Identify what happens in the aging adult related to the cardiovascular system
12. Identify the normal heart sounds, what is occurring when you hear each sound,
when do you hear it, and where/what position is it best heard
a. S1
b. S2
13. Identify extra or abnormal heart sounds, when the sounds are heard, what the
sound is caused by, and what is the other name for them
a. S3
b. S4
c. Summation (quadruple heart sounds)
d. Pericardial friction rub (also what does it sound like, when does it occur)
14. Understand how to perform a pulse deficit and in what situation you would do it
15. Identify education topics for cardiovascular health promotion
Peripheral Vascular Assessment
Reading
● Chapter 21: Peripheral Vascular and Lymphatic System, pages 506-508 and 523
Check Your Knowledge
1. What is the difference between veins and arteries?
2. Be able to differentiate arterial and venous insufficiency by their clinical
manifestations (signs and symptoms)
2
Exam Three
Knowledge Check
Cardiovascular Assessment
Reading
● Chapter 20: Heart and Neck Vessels, pages 460-477 and 481-500
Check Your Knowledge
1. Identify risk factors for cardiovascular problems
a. Non-modifiable
b. Modifiable
2. Understand the difference between arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis
3. Identify subjective data related to the cardiovascular system and what you should
consider or ask about for the following complaints
a. Chest pain
b. Dyspnea
c. Nocturia
4. Understand how to palpate the carotid artery and what you should be assessing for
5. Understand the following terms
a. Thrill
b. Bruit
c. Murmur
d. Heave (lift)
6. Identify the first step in the cardiovascular assessment (what should you do before
auscultation?)
1
, 7. Understand what the abdominojugular test is, how it is performed, why it is
performed, what you are looking for, and what finding would indicate fluid volume
overload
8. Understand what the JVD test is, how it is performed, why it is performed, what you
are looking for, and what a positive test indicates/means
9. Identify where the heart valves are best heard and what you should do if you are
unable to hear anything when auscultating
10. Identify how to assess the apical pulse and what considerations should be made
when assessing it
11. Identify what happens in the aging adult related to the cardiovascular system
12. Identify the normal heart sounds, what is occurring when you hear each sound,
when do you hear it, and where/what position is it best heard
a. S1
b. S2
13. Identify extra or abnormal heart sounds, when the sounds are heard, what the
sound is caused by, and what is the other name for them
a. S3
b. S4
c. Summation (quadruple heart sounds)
d. Pericardial friction rub (also what does it sound like, when does it occur)
14. Understand how to perform a pulse deficit and in what situation you would do it
15. Identify education topics for cardiovascular health promotion
Peripheral Vascular Assessment
Reading
● Chapter 21: Peripheral Vascular and Lymphatic System, pages 506-508 and 523
Check Your Knowledge
1. What is the difference between veins and arteries?
2. Be able to differentiate arterial and venous insufficiency by their clinical
manifestations (signs and symptoms)
2
