NSG 121 Health Assessment - Herzing
NSG 121 Exam 3
questions with complete solution
1. T/F During increase activity an elderly person is likely to
experience elevat- ed heart rate, bounding pulse, and
shortness of breath
Answer> False
The heart has a decreased response to the sympathetic system so none
of these things will occur. What you can see is an increase in systolic
blood pressure but that's related to stiffening of the arterial walls not
related to the activity level, so the elderly person is unable to build that
type of response.
2. Risk factors most commonly associated with periphera
arterial disease
Answer> -
Diabete
s
Smokin
1/
g Age 4
3. What are some signs of peripheral arterial disease?
, disease?
Answer> Intermittent claudication
5. Two signs of heart disease
Answer> Decrease cardiac function Fluid overload
6. How would fluid overload and decreased cardiac function
present?
Answer> Ede- ma, nocturia, chest pain, sob, fatigue with activity
7. Landmark to auscultate the pulmonic valve
Answer> 2nd ICS, left sternal border
8. Three ways blood flow is regulated through the venous
system
Answer> Skeletal muscles
The valves that are inside the veins
Respiration
9. T/F When thinking about the conduction system of the heart,
the SA node generates the initial electrical impulse and the
Purkinje fibers initiates cardiac contraction
Answer> True
10. What drains into the left lymphatic duct?
2/
Answer> Iliac nodes Thoracic duct4
The mesenteric nodes
The cubital nodes
NSG 121 Exam 3
questions with complete solution
1. T/F During increase activity an elderly person is likely to
experience elevat- ed heart rate, bounding pulse, and
shortness of breath
Answer> False
The heart has a decreased response to the sympathetic system so none
of these things will occur. What you can see is an increase in systolic
blood pressure but that's related to stiffening of the arterial walls not
related to the activity level, so the elderly person is unable to build that
type of response.
2. Risk factors most commonly associated with periphera
arterial disease
Answer> -
Diabete
s
Smokin
1/
g Age 4
3. What are some signs of peripheral arterial disease?
, disease?
Answer> Intermittent claudication
5. Two signs of heart disease
Answer> Decrease cardiac function Fluid overload
6. How would fluid overload and decreased cardiac function
present?
Answer> Ede- ma, nocturia, chest pain, sob, fatigue with activity
7. Landmark to auscultate the pulmonic valve
Answer> 2nd ICS, left sternal border
8. Three ways blood flow is regulated through the venous
system
Answer> Skeletal muscles
The valves that are inside the veins
Respiration
9. T/F When thinking about the conduction system of the heart,
the SA node generates the initial electrical impulse and the
Purkinje fibers initiates cardiac contraction
Answer> True
10. What drains into the left lymphatic duct?
2/
Answer> Iliac nodes Thoracic duct4
The mesenteric nodes
The cubital nodes
