HESI RN CAT EXAM

HESI RN CAT EXAM




Describe bronchial breath sounds -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>-High pitch, loud
-Harsh and hollow
-Inspiration < expiration
-Normal over the trachea


Describe bronchovesicular breath sounds -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>-Moderate pitch
-Inspiration = expiration
-Normal posterior between scapulae and anterior
over upper sternum

,Describe crackles in breathing - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>-
bubbling, crackling, popping discontinously


Describe vesicular breath sounds -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>-Low pitch
-Inspiration > expiration
-Rustling, like wind
-Normal over peripheral lung fields


Describe wheezes in breathing -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>continuous musical whistling
sounds in breathing


How many lobes do the right and left lung have? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Right: 3
Left: 2

,How often should someone have a stool test and
how often should someone have a scope? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Stool test every 2 years, scope
every 10 years


If I feel like I am spinning, what type of vertigo is it?
- ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Subjective


If I feel like the room around me is spinning, what
type of vertigo am I experiencing? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Objective


Through which routes can temperature be
evaluated? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>-Oral
-Temporal artery
-Axilla
-Tympanic membrane

, -Rectal


What are signs of acute distress? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>-Shortness of breath or wheezing
-Pallor or cyanosis
-Extreme anxiety
-Change in mental status
-Pain


What are some lifespan considerations in older
adults in the cardiovascular system? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>-No change in heart rate or
cardiac output expected
-Ventricular walls thicken
-Rigidity of peripheral blood vessels
-Systolic BP increases