Nursing 115 Exam 3 correctly answered graded A+

Nursing 115 Exam 3Inspect the precordium for? - correct answer symmetry and pulsations Precordium - correct answer Path of blood flow - correct answer Heart valves - correct answer What is the purpose of obtaining an apical pulse rate? - correct answer To obtain the heart rate of newborns, infants and children 2 to 3 years of age or an adult with an irregular peripheral pulse. Other patients needing an apical pulse are pulmonary and renal patients. Establish baseline data for subsequent evaluation Monitor clients with cardiac disease & those receiving medications to improve heart action. Apical pulse assessment - correct answer RATE: give in numerical value, tachycardic, bradycardic RHYTHM: regular, irregular, regularly irregular, irregularly irregular VOLUME- distant, strong, weak S1 heart sounds - correct answer First heart sound LUBB‑‑closing of AV (mitral and tricuspid) valves LU = MITRAL VALVE CLOSURE BB = TRICUSPID VALVE CLOSURE