NSG 316 EXAM 3 ACTUAL SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+

NSG 316 EXAM 3 ACTUAL SCRIPT 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+

◉ pericardium.
Answer: external layer that protects heart from injury/infection


◉ endocardium.
Answer: 3 layered membrane that lines heart chambers


◉ blockage of coronary arteries can lead to.
Answer: heart attack or stroke


◉ heart failure.
Answer: increased pressure of cardiac overload
-pulm congestion
-inc amount of blood in pulm capillaries


◉ Left sided heart failure.
Answer: dyspnea/SOB, pulmonary edema

,◉ right sided heart failure.
Answer: blood back up in the periphery and will present with edema


◉ cardiomegaly.
Answer: abnormal enlargement of the heart due to over working to
compensate for decreased function


◉ frequency.
Answer: high pitched or low pitched


◉ what should you use the diaphragm of a stethoscope for.
Answer: high pitched, normal sounds


◉ what should you use the bell of a stethoscope for.
Answer: low pitched, abnormal heart sounds, murmurs


◉ intensity/loudness.
Answer: loud or soft


◉ duration.
Answer: short heart sounds, or silent periods

, ◉ timing.
Answer: systole or diastole


◉ carotid artery/pulse.
Answer: found in the neck. feel one at a time. S1 is felt


◉ what is the most diminished pulse in the aging adult.
Answer: pedal pulse


◉ normal heart sounds.
Answer: S1 and S2


◉ S1 heart sound.
Answer: -occurs with closure of mitral and tricuspid valves (AV
valve)
-"lub" sound
-loudest at apex (5th intercostal space at midclavicular line)


◉ S2 heart sound.
Answer: -occurs with closure of aortic and pulmonic valves
(semilunar valves)
-"dub" sound