NSG3160 EXAMINATION 2026 VERIFIED
ANSWER COMPENDIUM
◉What are the aggravating and relieving factors of chronic arterial
(PAD)?. Answer: a. Aggrivating - activity, elevation
b. Relieving factors - Rest
◉What are the symptoms of PAD?. Answer: a. Low ankle-brachial
index, cool pale skin, diminished pulse, pallor on elevation
◉What are the aggravating and relieving facts of chronic venous?.
Answer: a. aggravating - Prolonged standing and sitting
b. Relieving -Elevation, lying, walking
◉What are the symptoms of chronic venous?. Answer: a. Edema,
varicosis, weeping ulcers at ankles.
◉What type of edema will you see with lymphatic obstruction?.
Answer: a. Unilateral
◉What is a normal capillary refill?. Answer: a. Less than 1-2 seconds
, ◉What can cause a longer capillary refill?. Answer: a. Environment
can be cold, vasoconstriction
b. Cigarette smoking
c. Edema, anemia from decreased oxygen to tissues
◉When and how to use a portable Doppler ultrasound?. Answer: a.
When unable to palpate a pulse
b. Apply gel onto the site, and put the wand on there, will be audible.
◉What will blood flow sound like with a portable Doppler
ultrasound?. Answer: a. Swishing, whooshing sound
◉What does the Wells Score of DVT indicate?. Answer: a. 1-2 -
moderate probability
b. 3 or more - a high probability
◉How do you assess epitrochlear nodes?. Answer: a. "Shaking
hands", reach hand under the patient's elbow and into the groove
between the biceps and triceps
b. You should NOT feel any lymph nodes
◉What are the >4.0 risk factors for breast cancer?. Answer: a. Dense
breasts = harder to pick up the diagnosis
b. Age 65+
ANSWER COMPENDIUM
◉What are the aggravating and relieving factors of chronic arterial
(PAD)?. Answer: a. Aggrivating - activity, elevation
b. Relieving factors - Rest
◉What are the symptoms of PAD?. Answer: a. Low ankle-brachial
index, cool pale skin, diminished pulse, pallor on elevation
◉What are the aggravating and relieving facts of chronic venous?.
Answer: a. aggravating - Prolonged standing and sitting
b. Relieving -Elevation, lying, walking
◉What are the symptoms of chronic venous?. Answer: a. Edema,
varicosis, weeping ulcers at ankles.
◉What type of edema will you see with lymphatic obstruction?.
Answer: a. Unilateral
◉What is a normal capillary refill?. Answer: a. Less than 1-2 seconds
, ◉What can cause a longer capillary refill?. Answer: a. Environment
can be cold, vasoconstriction
b. Cigarette smoking
c. Edema, anemia from decreased oxygen to tissues
◉When and how to use a portable Doppler ultrasound?. Answer: a.
When unable to palpate a pulse
b. Apply gel onto the site, and put the wand on there, will be audible.
◉What will blood flow sound like with a portable Doppler
ultrasound?. Answer: a. Swishing, whooshing sound
◉What does the Wells Score of DVT indicate?. Answer: a. 1-2 -
moderate probability
b. 3 or more - a high probability
◉How do you assess epitrochlear nodes?. Answer: a. "Shaking
hands", reach hand under the patient's elbow and into the groove
between the biceps and triceps
b. You should NOT feel any lymph nodes
◉What are the >4.0 risk factors for breast cancer?. Answer: a. Dense
breasts = harder to pick up the diagnosis
b. Age 65+
