NRNP 6540 Week 5 Quiz Knowledge Check 2022 / 2023

When performing an assessment on patients over 65 years of age, what are at least three (3) key symptoms that may indicate cardiovascular disease? When assessing a patient over 65 years old, the key symptoms that may indicate cardiovascular disease include dizziness, syncope, orthopnea, angina, edema, and claudication. Syncope can occur due to asystole or an intermittent symptom may be due to an underlying arrhythmia. Orthopnea may indicate a patient with heart failure. Intermittent claudication is an early symptom of peripheral artery disease. 2. You diagnose your older patient with intermittent asthma. List at least three (3) criteria for the diagnosis of intermittent asthma. When diagnosing intermittent asthma, the following criteria must be satisfied: symptoms should occur equal or less than twice a week; nightime awakenings should be equal or less than twice a month; short-acting-beta -agonist use for symptom control is equal or less than twice a week; there should be no interference with normal activity; and lung function should show normal FEV1 between exacerbations, FEV1 more than 80% predicted,