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NR509 / NR-509 Midterm Exam (Latest 2025 / 2026) Advanced Physical Assessment 110+ Questions & Answers (Verified Answers), 100% Guaranteed Pass ||Complete A+ Guide. 1. A 16-year-old boy is brought to the Emergency Department (ED) after a motor vehicle accident for shortness of breath for 1 hour. A chest x-ray shows a rib fracture and a pneumothorax on the right side. The ED physician decides that a chest tube needs to be placed in the fourth intercostal space. How does he determine where the fourth intercostal space is? a. He finds the suprasternal notch and then moves his finger laterally to the third rib. The fourth intercostal space is just below the third rib. b. He finds the angle of Louis and then moves laterally to the first rib. He walks down from there to the fourth intercostal space. c. He finds the sternal angle and then moves his finger laterally to the second rib. He then walks down to the second intercostal space, third rib, third intercostal space, fourth rib and then the fourth intercostal space. d. He finds the clavicle. The second intercostal space is just below Answer: c. He finds the sternal angle and then moves his finger laterally to the second rib. He then walks down to the second intercostal space, third rib, third intercostal space, fourth rib and then the fourth intercostal space 2. An elderly patient with a history of smoking two packs of cigarettes a day for 50 years complains to her physician of progressive shortness of breath. On cardiac examination, the physician feels the most prominent palpable impulse to be in the xiphoid area. This is most likely a result of what condition? a. Aortic stenosis b. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy c. Hypertension d. Pulmonary hypertension e. Mitral regurgitation Answer: d. Pulmonary hypertension 3. A newborn baby has an embryologic defect affecting the aortic valve. What other cardiac valve is most likely to be affected? a. Tricuspid valve b. Pulmonic valve c. Mitral valve d. Pyloric valve e. Eustachian valve Answer: b. Pulmonic valve

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NR509 / NR-509

Midterm Exam (Latest ) Advanced Physical

Assessment 110+ Questions & Answers (Verified Answers),

100% Guaranteed Pass ||Complete A+ Guide



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 110+ Questions & Answers (Verified Answers)

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Physical Assessment 110+ Questions & Answers (Verified Answers),

100% Guaranteed Pass ||Complete A+ Guide



1. A 16-year-old boy is brought to the Emergency Department (ED) after a
motor vehicle accident for shortness of breath for 1 hour. A chest x-ray
shows a rib fracture and a pneumothorax on the right side. The ED
physician decides that a chest tube needs to be placed in the fourth
intercostal space. How does he determine where the fourth intercostal
space is?

a. He finds the suprasternal notch and then moves his finger laterally to the
third rib. The fourth intercostal space is just below the third rib.
b. He finds the angle of Louis and then moves laterally to the first rib. He walks
down from there to the fourth intercostal space.
c. He finds the sternal angle and then moves his finger laterally to the second rib.
He then walks down to the second
intercostal space, third rib, third intercostal space, fourth rib and then the
fourth intercostal space.
d. He finds the clavicle. The second intercostal space is just below
Answer: c. He finds the sternal angle and then moves his finger laterally to the second rib. He then walks down
to the second intercostal space, third rib, third intercostal space, fourth rib and then the fourth intercostal space

,2. An elderly patient with a history of smoking two packs of cigarettes a
day for 50 years complains to her physician of progressive shortness of
breath. On cardiac examination, the physician feels the most prominent
palpable impulse to be in the xiphoid area. This is most likely a result of
what condition?

a. Aortic stenosis
b. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
c. Hypertension
d. Pulmonary hypertension
e. Mitral regurgitation
Answer: d. Pulmonary hypertension


3. A newborn baby has an embryologic defect affecting the aortic valve.
What other cardiac valve is most likely to be affected?

a. Tricuspid valve
b. Pulmonic valve
c. Mitral valve
d. Pyloric valve
e. Eustachian valve

, Answer: b. Pulmonic valve


4. A 77-year-old man is experiencing progressive shortness of breath and
dizziness. The patient undergoes cardiac catheterization, and the systolic
blood

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