NSG 6020 ALL 2026 TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Carotid pulse palpation
-upstroke - ✔✔brisk-normal
delayed-suggests aortic stenosis
bounding- suggests aortic insufficiency
✔✔PAD- peripheral arterial disease - ✔✔Intermittent claudication
-pale or blue; ischemia to muscle
✔✔Venous peripheral vascular disease - ✔✔swelling of feet and legs
-ulcers on lower legs
red/purple areas
✔✔ABI - ✔✔ratio of BP in lower legs vs the arms
-used to diagnose PAD
-detects stenosis of >50% in major vessels of legs
✔✔CEAP classification - ✔✔Clinical manifestation
Etiologic factors
Anatomic distribution of disease
Pathophysiology underlying the condition
✔✔Trendelenburg Test/Torniquet test - ✔✔to assess varicose veins and the
competence of the saphenofemoral junction
-same test, except finger pressure is used to occlude the SFJ instead of a tourniquet
✔✔ What age does bronchiolitis occur? - ✔✔most common at age 6 months- does not
occur after age 2
✔✔main symptom of bronchiolitis - ✔✔wheezing-lasts about 7 days
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Carotid pulse palpation
-upstroke - ✔✔brisk-normal
delayed-suggests aortic stenosis
bounding- suggests aortic insufficiency
✔✔PAD- peripheral arterial disease - ✔✔Intermittent claudication
-pale or blue; ischemia to muscle
✔✔Venous peripheral vascular disease - ✔✔swelling of feet and legs
-ulcers on lower legs
red/purple areas
✔✔ABI - ✔✔ratio of BP in lower legs vs the arms
-used to diagnose PAD
-detects stenosis of >50% in major vessels of legs
✔✔CEAP classification - ✔✔Clinical manifestation
Etiologic factors
Anatomic distribution of disease
Pathophysiology underlying the condition
✔✔Trendelenburg Test/Torniquet test - ✔✔to assess varicose veins and the
competence of the saphenofemoral junction
-same test, except finger pressure is used to occlude the SFJ instead of a tourniquet
✔✔ What age does bronchiolitis occur? - ✔✔most common at age 6 months- does not
occur after age 2
✔✔main symptom of bronchiolitis - ✔✔wheezing-lasts about 7 days
