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NSG 121 Health Assessment - Herzing NSG 121 Exam 3 questions with complete solution
- T/F During increase activity an elderly person is likely to experience elevat- ed heart
rate, bounding pulse, and shortness of breath Answer> False
The heart has a decreased response to the sympathetic system so none of these things will occur. What you can see is an increase in systolic blood pressure but that's related to stiffening of the arterial walls not related to the activity level, so the elderly person is unable to build that type of response.
- Risk factors most commonly associated with peripheral arterial disease
Answer> - Diabetes Smoking Age
- What are some signs of peripheral arterial disease?
Answer> Pain during exertion that is relieved by rest, so when they sit down to put their legs up, their pain goes away
- What is a condition that we connect to peripheral arterial disease?
Answer> Intermittent claudication
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- Two signs of heart disease
- How would fluid overload and decreased cardiac function present?
Answer> Decrease cardiac function Fluid overload
Answer> Ede- ma, nocturia, chest pain, sob, fatigue with activity
- Landmark to auscultate the pulmonic valve
Answer> 2nd ICS, left sternal border
- Three ways blood flow is regulated through the venous system
Answer> Skeletal muscles The valves that are inside the veins Respiration
- T/F When thinking about the conduction system of the heart, the SA node
generates the initial electrical impulse and the Purkinje fibers initiates cardiac contraction Answer> True
- What drains into the left lymphatic duct?
Answer> Iliac nodes Thoracic duct The mesenteric nodes The cubital nodes
- Landmark to auscultate the tricuspid valve
Answer> 4th ICS, inner border
- Landmark to auscultate the aortic valve
Answer> Right side, 2nd ICS
- Landmark to auscultate the mitral valve
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Answer> 5th ICS, midclavicular line