NR 304- Health Assessment II Final Exam
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Palpate both pulses noting the rate, rhythm, elasticity
palpation of radial pulse
of vessel wall and equal force
3+ full bounding
2+ normal
grading pulse
1+ weak
0 absent
brachial pulse palpate this pulse if you suspect arterial insufficiency
tests for ulnar arterial
insufficiency by occluding both
the radial and ulnar artery
normal results: normal color of
hand should reappear
modified Allen's test
approximately 2-5 seconds
abnormal results: pallor persists
or a sluggish return to color
suggest occlusion of the
collateral arterial flow
temporal artery palpated in front of the ear
palpated in the groove b/t the
sternomastoid muscle and the
carotid artery
trachea
, major artery supplying the arm
brachial artery
lies medial to the radius and
wrist supplies blood to the hand
radial artery
lies lateral to the ulna. Deeper
and often difficult to feel.
ulnar artery
Supplies blood to the hand
major artery in the leg. Palpated
in the inguinal area
femoral artery
artery in the knee. Located
posterior to the patella. Divides
popliteal artery
into the anterior and posterial
tibial artery
travels down the front of the leg
on to the dorsal of the foot
becomes the dorsalis pedis.
anterior tibial
carries blood to the anterior
compartment of the leg and
dorsal surface of the foot
travels down behind the medial
malleolus and forms the plantar
arteries in the foot.
posterior tibial
carries blood to the posterior
compartment of the leg and
plantar surface of the foot
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Terms in this set (227)
Palpate both pulses noting the rate, rhythm, elasticity
palpation of radial pulse
of vessel wall and equal force
3+ full bounding
2+ normal
grading pulse
1+ weak
0 absent
brachial pulse palpate this pulse if you suspect arterial insufficiency
tests for ulnar arterial
insufficiency by occluding both
the radial and ulnar artery
normal results: normal color of
hand should reappear
modified Allen's test
approximately 2-5 seconds
abnormal results: pallor persists
or a sluggish return to color
suggest occlusion of the
collateral arterial flow
temporal artery palpated in front of the ear
palpated in the groove b/t the
sternomastoid muscle and the
carotid artery
trachea
, major artery supplying the arm
brachial artery
lies medial to the radius and
wrist supplies blood to the hand
radial artery
lies lateral to the ulna. Deeper
and often difficult to feel.
ulnar artery
Supplies blood to the hand
major artery in the leg. Palpated
in the inguinal area
femoral artery
artery in the knee. Located
posterior to the patella. Divides
popliteal artery
into the anterior and posterial
tibial artery
travels down the front of the leg
on to the dorsal of the foot
becomes the dorsalis pedis.
anterior tibial
carries blood to the anterior
compartment of the leg and
dorsal surface of the foot
travels down behind the medial
malleolus and forms the plantar
arteries in the foot.
posterior tibial
carries blood to the posterior
compartment of the leg and
plantar surface of the foot
