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NURS 142 FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A In what shape do you palpate and auscultate the lungs? - ...ANSWER a Z shape (same lung and side to side) How does blood flow through the...

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NURS 142 FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL
EXAM TEST BANK 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A




In what shape do you palpate and auscultate the
lungs? - ...ANSWER a Z shape (same lung and side to
side)

How does blood flow through the heart starting at the
superior vena cava? - ...ANSWER right atrium,
tricuspid valve, right ventricle, pulmonary valve,
pulmonary arteries, lungs, pulmonary veins, left
atrium, mitral valve, left ventricle, aortic valve, aorta

What are the three reference lines for assessing the
heart? - ...ANSWER mid-sternal line, mid-clavicular
line, and interior axillary line

Where is the mid-sternal reference line on the heart?
- ...ANSWER vertical down the sternum

Where is the mid-clavicular line reference line on the
heart? - ...ANSWER vertical down the middle of the
clavicle

Where is the interior axillary reference line on the
heart? - ...ANSWER vertical down the axilla

,What are some risk factors for developing heart
problems? - ...ANSWER- smoking
- sedentary lifestyle
- obese
- high sodium and high fat diet
- alcohol intake

What are you looking for when inspecting the
precordium? - ...ANSWER skin color, lesions, or
masses

What areas do you palpate on the heart? - ...ANSWER
apex, left sternal border, and base

What are you looking for when palpating the
precordium? - ...ANSWER masses, tenderness, lifts,
heaves, thrills, and PMI

What is the PMI - ...ANSWER point of maximal impulse

Where is the PMI located? - ...ANSWER at the apex at
the 4th-5th ICS at the MCL

What are the 5 different areas of the heart to identify?
- ...ANSWER1. aortic area
2. pulmonic area
3. erb's point
4. tricuspid area
5. mitral area

,How long do you listen to the apical pulse rate for? -
...ANSWER1 minute

In what areas will s2 be louder than s1? - ...ANSWER
aortic area, pulmonic area, and erb's point

In what area will s1 and s2 be equal? - ...ANSWER
tricuspid area

In what area will s1 be lower than s2? - ...ANSWER
mitral area

What is the order or the cardiac cycle? - ...ANSWER1.
S1
2. systole
3. S2
4. diastole
5. S1
6. systole
7. S2
8. diastole

What is S1? - ...ANSWER closure of the tricuspid and
mitral valves

What is S2? - ...ANSWER closure of the aortic and
pulmonic valves

What are you listening for when auscultating heart
sounds? - ...ANSWER rate and rhythm

, What other two sounds might you hear if the heart is
abnormal? - ...ANSWERS 3 and S4

What does an S3 beat sound like? - ...ANSWER fluid
backup, volume overload, regurgitation, wet sound

What does an S4 beat sound like? - ...ANSWER
stiffening or atrial gallop

What can murmurs sound like? - ...ANSWER clicks,
sloshing, or wet sound

How can you describe a murmur? - ...ANSWER- timing
in the cardiac cycle
- loudness
- pitch
- pattern
- quality
- location
- radiation
- position

Which artery do you assess one at a time? -
...ANSWER carotid arteries

What are you looking for when inspecting and
palpating carotid arteries? - ...ANSWER symmetry and
strength bilaterally

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