NSG 121 Health Assessment Herzing College Nursing Exam 3 | Complete Questions with Step-by-Step Solutions and Rationales | Covers Head-to-Toe Assessment, Vital Signs, Physical Examination Techniques, Patient Interview Skills, and Clinical Decision-Making

NSG 121 Health Assessment - Herzing
NSG 121 Exam 3
questions with complete solution



1. 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.


2. Risk factors most commonly associated with peripheral arterial disease
Answer>
-
Diabetes
Smoking
Age


3. What are some signs of peripheral arterial
1/4 disease?
Answer>
Pain during exertion that is relieved by rest, so when they sit down to put their legs up,

, 5. Two signs of heart disease
Answer>




Decrease cardiac function Fluid overload
6. How would fluid overload and decreased cardiac function present?
Answer>
Ede- ma, nocturia, chest pain, sob, fatigue with activity


7. Landmark to auscultate the pulmonic valve
Answer>
2nd ICS, left sternal border



8. Three ways blood flow is regulated through the venous system
Answer>
Skeletal muscles
The valves that are inside the veins Respiration


9. 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
2/4


10. What drains into the left lymphatic duct?
Answer>