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NURS 434 Final Exam WITH ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




The nurse is caring for a client with peripheral artery
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disease. What is the leading cause of peripheral artery
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disease? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔COPD |\ |\ |\ |\




Atherosclerosis The leading cause of PAD is |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



atherosclerosis, a gradual thickening of the intima |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



(innermost layer of the arterial wall) and media (middle|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



layer of the arterial wall).
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Diabetes
Tobacco Use |\




The nurse is assessing a patient with peripheral artery
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disease. Which items are characteristics of peripheral
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artery disease? (Select All That Apply) - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Taut and shiny skin |\ |\ |\ |\




Loss of hair on legs
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Capillary refill >3 seconds |\ |\ |\




Lower leg edema |\ |\




Brittle nails |\




Loss of hair on legs, brittle nails, capillary refill >3
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seconds, and taught and shiny skin are part of PAD. Leg
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edema is characteristics of PVD. There are many more.
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,A nurse is assessing the peripheral pulses of a client with
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peripheral artery disease and is having a difficult time. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



What would be the best way to determine if they have
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peripheral pulses? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Doppler |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



ultrasound When palpation of a peripheral pulse is |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



difficulty because of severe PAD, the Doppler ultrasound
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can determine the degree of blood flow. A palpable pulse
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and a Doppler pulse are not equivalent, and the terms are
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not interchangeable.
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Duplex Imaging |\




Angiography
Magnetic resonance angiography |\ |\




What type of aneurysm still has one vessel layer intact? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔False aneurysm |\ |\ |\




True aneurysm A true aneurysm is one in which the wall
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of the artery forms the aneurysm, with at least one vessel
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layer still intact. A false or pseudoaneurysm is a
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disruption of all arterial wall layers with bleeding that is|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



contained by surrounding anatomic structures. A |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



dissecting aneurysm is a disruption in the layers of the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



aortic wall. |\




Pseudoaneurysm
Dissecting aneurysm |\

, The nurse is sending a client for a diagnostic test to
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determine the most accurate length and diameter of an |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



aneurysm. Which test would the nurse be anticipating for |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



this client? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Abdominal x-ray
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Chest x-ray |\




MRI
CT scan A CT scan is the most accurate test to determine
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the length and cross-sectional diameter and the presence
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of thrombus in the aneurysm.
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The nurse is caring for a client who has an abdominal
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aortic aneurysm. The nurse recognizes which
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complication of an aneurysm is the most life threatening? |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Surgical site infection
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Rupture Rupture of an aneurysm is the most serious
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complication.Aneurysm rupture is a life-threatening |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



emergency, often resulting in massive hemorrhage, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



shock, and death. |\ |\




Thrombus formation can occur, but is not as life |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



threatening as rupture. |\ |\




Thrombus formation |\




Compartment Syndrome |\




The nurse is assessing a client who has been diagnosed
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with an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Which of the
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following would the nurse expect to find in the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\

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