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(latest 2022/2023) Where is the point of maximal impulse (PMI) normally located? Which of the following correlates with a sustained, high-amplitude point of maximal impulse (PMI)? A 68-year-old woman with hypertension and diabetes is seen by the nurse practitioner for a dry cough that worsens at night when she lies in bed. She has shortness of breath, which worsens when she exerts herself. The patient’s pulse rate is 90/min and regular. The patient has gained 6 lbs over the past two months....

1.Where is the point of maximal impulse (PMI) normally located? 2.Which of the following correlates with a sustained, high-amplitude point of maximal impulse (PMI)? 3. A 68-year-old woman with hypertension and diabetes is seen by the nurse practitioner for a dry cough that worsens at night when she lies in bed. She has shortness of breath, which worsens when she exerts herself. The patient’s pulse rate is 90/min and regular. The patient has gained 6 lbs over the past two months. She is on a ...

NSG 6420 Quiz 4 1.Where is the point of maximal impulse (PMI) normally located? 2.Which of the following correlates with a sustained, high-amplitude point of maximal impulse (PMI)? 3. A 68-year-old woman with hypertension and diabetes is seen by the nurse practitioner for a dry cough that worsens at night when she lies in bed. She has shortness of breath, which worsens when she exerts herself. The patient’s pulse rate is 90/min and regular. The patient has gained 6 lbs over the past two mon...

NSG/6020 Final Exam SOLUTION (2019) - A Guaranteed SOUTH UNIVERSITY (NSG 6020 Health Assessment) within inspiration provides important clues. These late inspiratory crackles that appeared suddenly would be most consistent with heart failure. COPD and asthma usually produce early inspiratory crackles. Bronchiectasis, as seen in cystic fibrosis, classically produces mid-inspiratory crackles, but this is not always reliable. Interestingly, end-expiratory crackles can be heard in asthma on occasio...

Quiz 4 1. Where is the point of maximal impulse (PMI) normally located? 2. Which of the following correlates with a sustained, high-amplitude point of maximal impulse (PMI)? 3. A 68-year-old woman with hypertension and diabetes is seen by the nurse practitioner for a dry cough that worsens at night when she lies in bed. She has shortness of breath, which worsens when she exerts herself. The patient’s pulse rate is 90/min and regular. The patient has gained 6 lbs over the past two months. She i...

NSG6420 Week 4 Quiz Quiz 4 Return to deck 1. Where is the point of maximal impulse (PMI) normally located? In the left 5th intercostal space, 7 to 9 cm lateral to the sternum 2. Which of the following correlates with a sustained, high-amplitude point of maximal impulse (PMI)? 
      Hyperthyroidism
      Anemia
      Fever
      Hypertension 3. A 68-year-old woman with hypertension and diabetes is seen by the nurse practitioner for a dry cough that worsens at night when she ...