NURS 6512 Final Exam Review 2025 Graded A+
Examination Findings of a child with Kawasaki disease -Correct
Answers ✔-Fever, Conjunctival Injection, Strawberry Tongue, and
Edema of the Hands and Feet.
Lymphadenopathy and Polymorphous Nonvesicular Rashes.
Peripheral Edema -Correct Answers ✔-Grading:
1+ Slight Pitting, no visible distortion, disappears rapidly.
2+ A Somewhat Deeper Pit than in 12+, but again no readily detectable
distortion, disappears in 10-15 seconds.
3+ Noticeably Deep Pit that may last more than a minute; dependent
extremity looks fuller and swollen.
4+ Very Deep Pit that lasts as long as 2-5 min; dependent extremity is
grossly distorted.
Ammonia in breath odor -Correct Answers ✔-Uremia (ammonia)
Grading of Pulses -Correct Answers ✔-4+ Bounding
3+ Full, Increased
2+ Expected
1+ Diminished, barely palpable
0 Absent, not palpable
Acute Limb Ischemia (ALI) -Correct Answers ✔-Stage I - Viable - No
sensory impairment - No motor impairment - Audible Arterial Doppler
Signal - Audible Venous Dopler Signal
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Stage IIa - Marginally Threatened - Minimal Sensory Impairment - No
Motor Impairment - Often inaudible Arterial Doppler Signal - Audible
Venous Doppler Signal
Stage IIb - Immediately Threatened - Rest Pain Sensory Impairment -
Mild to moderate Motor Impairment - Inaudible Arterial Doppler Signal
- Audible Venous Doppler Signal
Stage III - Irreversible - Anesthetic Sensory Impairment - Paralytic/rigor
Motor Impairment - Inaudible Arterial Doppler Signal - Inaudible
Venous Doppler Signal
Assessment for Peripheral Arterial Disease -Correct Answers ✔-Site of
Pain is Distal to the Narrowing.
Note:
Pulses (strong, weak or possibly absent)
Possible systolic bruits over the arteries that may extend through
diastole.
Loss of expected body warmth.
Localized pallor and cyanosis.
Collapsed superficial veins, with delay in venous filling.
Thin, atrophied skin; muscle atrophy.
Varicosity Findings In Pregnant Women -Correct Answers ✔-With
increasing cardiac output beginning in the 1st trimester, the pulse may
be more easily palpated, with an abrupt rise and rapid fall. With
increasing blood volume in the second trimester, jugular a and v waves
may be easier to see. JVP should remain normal. Peripheral edema is a
common finding as the pregnancy progresses. Varicose veins can
develop during pregnancy and in the postpartum period.
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