NURS 210: Cardiovascular system prep u with answers 2024/2025

NURS 210: Cardiovascular system prep u A nurse suspects that a client may have a pericardial friction rub. To ensure that the nurse hears this, the nurse would place the client in what position? - correct answer leaning forward while in a sitting position How does the nurse differentiate a pleural friction rub from a pericardial friction rub? - correct answer have the client hold his or her breath; if the rub persists, it is pericardial Which anterior neck structures is found in the depression between the trachea and the sternomastoid muscle? - correct answer the carotid artery Describe the correct technique by a nurse for use of a stethoscope to auscultate the chest for heart sounds? - correct answer auscultate to determine the heart rate and if the rhythm is normal a 25-year-old client presents to the health care clinic for a routine physical. Which lifestyle practices in the client's history should the nurse provide teaching about to assist the client to redce the risk of developing coronary heart disease? Select all that apply. -high stress job as a financial analyst -30 minutes of exercise 5 days a week -smokes 5 cigarettes daily for past 5 years -regularly adds salt to foods -family history of heart attack before age 50 - correct answer High stress job as a financial analyst Smokes 5 cigarettes daily for the past 5 years Family history of heart attack before age 50 A nurse is assessing a client for possible dehydration. What should the nurse of? - correct answer observe for a decrease in jugular venous pressure