NSG 121 Health Assessment – Exam 3 Cardiovascular & Peripheral
Vascular Q&A (Complete Solutions) | Herzing University
1. T/F During increase activity an elderly person is likely to experience elevated heart rate, bounding
pulse, and shortness of breath
Answer> False
The heart has a decreased response to the sympathetic system so none of these things will occur. What you
can see is an increase in systolic blood pressure but that's related to stiffening of the arterial walls not related
to the activity level, so the elderly person is unable to build that type of response.
2. Risk factors most commonly associated with peripheral arterial disease
Answer> -
Diabetes
Smoking
Age
3. What are some signs of peripheral arterial disease?
Answer> Pain during exertion that is relieved by rest, so when they sit down to put their legs up, their
pain goes away
4. What is a condition that we connect to peripheral arterial disease?
Answer> Intermittent claudication
5. Two signs of heart disease
Answer> Decrease cardiac function Fluid overload
6. How would fluid overload and decreased cardiac function present?
Answer> Ede- ma, nocturia, chest pain, sob, fatigue1with
/4 activity
7. Landmark to auscultate the pulmonic valve
Answer> 2nd ICS, left sternal border
, 9. T/F When thinking about the conduction system of the heart, the SA node generates the
initial electrical impulse and the Purkinje fibers initiates cardiac contraction
Answer> True
10. What drains into the left lymphatic duct?
Answer> Iliac nodes Thoracic duct
The mesenteric nodes The cubital
nodes
11. Landmark to auscultate the tricuspid valve
Answer> 4th ICS, inner border
12. Landmark to auscultate the aortic valve
Answer> Right side, 2nd ICS
13. Landmark to auscultate the mitral valve
Answer> 5th ICS, midclavicular line
14. What drains into the right lymphatic duct?
Answer> Axillary nodes Mammary vessels
Lumbar nodes
15. If a patient has unilateral acute pain in their leg, swelling, and erythema,
what might they be experiencing?
Answer> DVT
16. If you suspect that your patient has a DVT, what would you do next as a part of your
assessment?
Answer> Measure the legs for difference in swelling
2/4
17. Should you massage DVT?
Answer> No, could throw clot
Vascular Q&A (Complete Solutions) | Herzing University
1. T/F During increase activity an elderly person is likely to experience elevated heart rate, bounding
pulse, and shortness of breath
Answer> False
The heart has a decreased response to the sympathetic system so none of these things will occur. What you
can see is an increase in systolic blood pressure but that's related to stiffening of the arterial walls not related
to the activity level, so the elderly person is unable to build that type of response.
2. Risk factors most commonly associated with peripheral arterial disease
Answer> -
Diabetes
Smoking
Age
3. What are some signs of peripheral arterial disease?
Answer> Pain during exertion that is relieved by rest, so when they sit down to put their legs up, their
pain goes away
4. What is a condition that we connect to peripheral arterial disease?
Answer> Intermittent claudication
5. Two signs of heart disease
Answer> Decrease cardiac function Fluid overload
6. How would fluid overload and decreased cardiac function present?
Answer> Ede- ma, nocturia, chest pain, sob, fatigue1with
/4 activity
7. Landmark to auscultate the pulmonic valve
Answer> 2nd ICS, left sternal border
, 9. T/F When thinking about the conduction system of the heart, the SA node generates the
initial electrical impulse and the Purkinje fibers initiates cardiac contraction
Answer> True
10. What drains into the left lymphatic duct?
Answer> Iliac nodes Thoracic duct
The mesenteric nodes The cubital
nodes
11. Landmark to auscultate the tricuspid valve
Answer> 4th ICS, inner border
12. Landmark to auscultate the aortic valve
Answer> Right side, 2nd ICS
13. Landmark to auscultate the mitral valve
Answer> 5th ICS, midclavicular line
14. What drains into the right lymphatic duct?
Answer> Axillary nodes Mammary vessels
Lumbar nodes
15. If a patient has unilateral acute pain in their leg, swelling, and erythema,
what might they be experiencing?
Answer> DVT
16. If you suspect that your patient has a DVT, what would you do next as a part of your
assessment?
Answer> Measure the legs for difference in swelling
2/4
17. Should you massage DVT?
Answer> No, could throw clot
