Exam IV Study Guide
Health Assessment
Question Answer
Before you begin auscultating
heart sounds, inform the
patient:
"I always listen to the
heart in a number of
places on the chest."
To assess the dorsalis ped
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Exam IV Study Guide
Health Assessment
Question Answer
Before you begin auscultating
heart sounds, inform the
patient:
"I always listen to the
heart in a number of
places on the chest."
To assess the dorsalis pedis
artery, you would palpate:
lateral to the extensor
tendon of the great toe.
In performing auscultation of
heart sounds, which sequence
would you use?
Aortic area - pulmonic
area - Erb's point -
tricuspid area - mitral
area
During an assessment, the nurse
notes that a patient's left arm is
swollen from the shoulder
down to the fingers, with
nonpitting edema. The right
arm is normal. The patient had
a mastectomy one year ago.
The nurse suspects which
problem:
lymphedema
Prior to drawing blood for an
arterial blood gas (ABG), the Modified Allen's test
lab tech will perform which
assessment?
While counting the apical pulse
on a young adult patient, you
notice an irregular rhythm. His
rate speeds up on inspiration
and slows on expiration. What
would be your response?
No further response is
needed, as this is normal.
Select the best description of
the mitral valve:
left atrioventricular
valve.
During assessment, your patient
tells you that her fingers often
change color when she goes
outside in cold. She details
these episodes as her fingers
first turning white, then blue,
then red w/burning, throbbing
pain. U suspect that she's
experiencing?
Raynaud's syndrome.
A 35-year-old male is seen in
the clinic for an "infected cut
on my left thigh." Which of the
following would you expect to
find during your assessment of
this patient?
Enlarged and tender
inguinal nodes
During the examination of the
lower extremities, you are
unable to palpate the popliteal
pulse. You should:
proceed with the exam.
It is often impossible to
palpate this pulse.
In cardiovascular assessment a
"thrill" is:
a murmur that is
palpable.
The tough, fibrous, double
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