NURS 210 FINAL EXAM | QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE |GRADED A+

Where is the apical impulse found? ANS- 5th ICS CL on the left What are thrills? ANS- humming vibrations that feel like the throat of a purring cat why is it important to listen over both carotid arteries with the bell? ANS- to assure that the thrill is not a bruit What is a bruit? ANS- a vascular, murmur-like sound What is a murmur? ANS- a sound of cardiac origin Where should the arm be when you take BP? ANS- heart level Where should you center the bladder of the BP cuff? ANS- over the brachial artery Where should the lower border of the BP cuff fall? ANS- 2.5 cm above antecubital crease What are the ways you could get a falsely high BP reading? ANS- -cuff too small -cuff too loose -artery below heart level -arm not supported -inflating/deflating to slowly (high diastolic) -deflating cuff too quickly What are the ways that you could get a falsely low BP reading? ANS- -cuff too large -arm slow heart level -pressing stethoscope too tightly agains us