NSG 121 Health Assessment Exam 3 || with 100% Errorless
Answers.
What are the landmarks used to auscultate the pulmonic valve? correct answers 2nd ICS Left
Sternal Border
What is the landmark to auscultate the tricuspid valve? correct answers 4th ICS Left Sternal
Border
Where is the landmark to auscultate the aortic valve? correct answers 2nd ICS Right Sternal
Border
Where is the landmark to auscultate the mitral valve? correct answers 5th ICS Left Medial to
MCL
Which sound represents closure of the AV Valves: correct answers S1
S2
List 3 ways blood flow is regular through the venous system correct answers 1. Valves in the
veins
2. Skeletal muscles contraction
3. Respirations
Conduction system of the heart: correct answers 1. SA Node
2. Atria Contract
3. Bundle of His
4. Bundle Branches
5. Purkinje Fibers
6. Ventricles Contract
What 3 things drain into the left lymphatic duct? correct answers 1. Iliac nodes
2. Thoracic duct
3. Mesenteric nodes
What 4 things drain into the right lymphatic duct? correct answers 1. The right thorax
2. Upper Limbs
3. Head
4. Neck
TRUE/FALSE
In increased activity in an elderly person they will exhibit elevated HR, bounding pulses, &
shortness of breath correct answers False
Decreased Response
, List 3 risk factors most commonly associated with Peripheral Arteriole Disease (PAD) correct
answers 1. Diabetes
2. Smoking
3. Age
Cardinal Sign of PAD correct answers Intermittent claudication, pain on exertion and done on
rest
3 Common Signs of Heart Disease correct answers 1. Edema
2. Shortness of breath
3. Decreased cardiac output
Symptoms of Deep Vein Thrombosis correct answers Unilateral acute pain one leg only,
swelling, and erythema
First Step in Deep Vein Thrombosis Patient correct answers Measure the swelling
Should you massage the leg of a DVT patient to help clot dissolve? correct answers No, it could
disloge the clot
Symptoms of Chronic Venous Insufficiency correct answers If a patient has dull aching pain that
is chronic and also has edema & is warm
The 7 P's indicate what? Pain, paralysis, pallor, pulse, perfusion, paresthesia correct answers
Acute Arteriole Occulsion
Acute MI correct answers Over 20 min of chest pain
Diaphoresis & Nausea
Stable Angina correct answers Chest pain less than 20 min with activity
Relieved with rest
2 Signs of Fluid Volume Overload correct answers 1. Edema in legs, bilaterally
2. Jugular vein distention
6 Things Involved in Routine Cardiac Assessment correct answers 1. Jugular veins assessment
2. Listen to heart sounds
3. Check PMI
4. Listening to carotid arteries
5. Pulse
6. Palpating Pericardium
What do you assess carotid arteries for? How? correct answers Bruit
Use the bell of stethoscope
Answers.
What are the landmarks used to auscultate the pulmonic valve? correct answers 2nd ICS Left
Sternal Border
What is the landmark to auscultate the tricuspid valve? correct answers 4th ICS Left Sternal
Border
Where is the landmark to auscultate the aortic valve? correct answers 2nd ICS Right Sternal
Border
Where is the landmark to auscultate the mitral valve? correct answers 5th ICS Left Medial to
MCL
Which sound represents closure of the AV Valves: correct answers S1
S2
List 3 ways blood flow is regular through the venous system correct answers 1. Valves in the
veins
2. Skeletal muscles contraction
3. Respirations
Conduction system of the heart: correct answers 1. SA Node
2. Atria Contract
3. Bundle of His
4. Bundle Branches
5. Purkinje Fibers
6. Ventricles Contract
What 3 things drain into the left lymphatic duct? correct answers 1. Iliac nodes
2. Thoracic duct
3. Mesenteric nodes
What 4 things drain into the right lymphatic duct? correct answers 1. The right thorax
2. Upper Limbs
3. Head
4. Neck
TRUE/FALSE
In increased activity in an elderly person they will exhibit elevated HR, bounding pulses, &
shortness of breath correct answers False
Decreased Response
, List 3 risk factors most commonly associated with Peripheral Arteriole Disease (PAD) correct
answers 1. Diabetes
2. Smoking
3. Age
Cardinal Sign of PAD correct answers Intermittent claudication, pain on exertion and done on
rest
3 Common Signs of Heart Disease correct answers 1. Edema
2. Shortness of breath
3. Decreased cardiac output
Symptoms of Deep Vein Thrombosis correct answers Unilateral acute pain one leg only,
swelling, and erythema
First Step in Deep Vein Thrombosis Patient correct answers Measure the swelling
Should you massage the leg of a DVT patient to help clot dissolve? correct answers No, it could
disloge the clot
Symptoms of Chronic Venous Insufficiency correct answers If a patient has dull aching pain that
is chronic and also has edema & is warm
The 7 P's indicate what? Pain, paralysis, pallor, pulse, perfusion, paresthesia correct answers
Acute Arteriole Occulsion
Acute MI correct answers Over 20 min of chest pain
Diaphoresis & Nausea
Stable Angina correct answers Chest pain less than 20 min with activity
Relieved with rest
2 Signs of Fluid Volume Overload correct answers 1. Edema in legs, bilaterally
2. Jugular vein distention
6 Things Involved in Routine Cardiac Assessment correct answers 1. Jugular veins assessment
2. Listen to heart sounds
3. Check PMI
4. Listening to carotid arteries
5. Pulse
6. Palpating Pericardium
What do you assess carotid arteries for? How? correct answers Bruit
Use the bell of stethoscope
