NSG 121 HEALTH ASSESSMENT - HERZING
NSG 121 EXAM 3 2026 UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS &
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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
1/4
3. 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
4. What is a condition that we connect to peripheral arterial disease?
Answer> Intermittent claudication
, 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
10. What drains into the left lymphatic duct?
Answer> Iliac nodes Thoracic duct
The mesenteric nodes The
cubital nodes
2/4
11. Landmark to auscultate the tricuspid valve
Answer> 4th ICS, inner border
12. Landmark to auscultate the aortic valve
Answer> Right side, 2nd ICS
NSG 121 EXAM 3 2026 UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES | INSTANT
PDF DOWNLOAD
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
1/4
3. 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
4. What is a condition that we connect to peripheral arterial disease?
Answer> Intermittent claudication
, 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
10. What drains into the left lymphatic duct?
Answer> Iliac nodes Thoracic duct
The mesenteric nodes The
cubital nodes
2/4
11. Landmark to auscultate the tricuspid valve
Answer> 4th ICS, inner border
12. Landmark to auscultate the aortic valve
Answer> Right side, 2nd ICS
