Exam 3: NSG316 / NSG 316 (Latest Update 2024 / 2025) Health Assessment Exam | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - GCU

Exam 3: NSG316 / NSG 316 (Latest Update ) Health Assessment Exam | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - GCU Question: Orthopnea Answer: how many pillows are used when sleeping or laying down in order to be able breathe Question: Where can the aortic valve be auscultated? Answer: 2nd right interspace Question: Where can the pulmonic valve be auscultated ? Answer: 2nd left interspace Question: where can the tricuspid valve be auscultated? Answer: left 4th intercostal space/lower sternal border Question: where can the mitral (bicuspid) valve be auscultated? Answer: 5th interspace left midclavicular line Question: When auscultating breath sounds, you have to listen to both Answer: inspiration and expiration which = one breathe Question: Fremitus is a Answer: palpable vibration Question: Fremitus's are Answer: sounds generated from larynx which are transmitted through the lung to the chest wall where you feel them as vibrations Question: you palpate for tactile fremitus with the Answer: palmar base of fingers or ulnar edge of hand Question: when palpating for tactile fremitus, what words will the patient say? Answer: "ninety -nine" or "blue moon"