Heart Sounds
Peripheral Pulses
Heart Assessment
Pediatric & Geriatric
Misc cardiac
100
The part of the stethoscope used to hear low pitched sounds
What is the BELL
100
The major artery that supplies blood to the arm
What is Brachial
100
The 5 areas in which you listen to heart sounds
What are Aortic, Pulmonic, Erb’s point, Tricuspid, Mitral
100
In the pregnant female cardiac output does this.
What is Increases
100
Which of the following is a non-modifiable cardiac risk factor? a. smoking b. family hx of heart disease c. history of ear infections d. cats in the home environment
What is family hx of heart disease
200
The first heart sound (S1) is produced by this event
What is Closure of the AV valves
200
Area where the popliteal pulse can be palpated
What is under the knee
200
A murmur with a grade of V indicates this
What is Very loud, accompanied by a palpable thrill and audible with the stethoscope partially off the clients chest
200
In the newborn non-closure of the ductus arteriosus presents as this.
What is a murmur—it is a normal finding.
200
Which is longer systole or diastole?
What is diastole
300
This is what the semilunar valves separate
What is the ventricles from the arteries (pulmonary & aorta).
300
Term for swelling caused by excess fluid
What is Edema
300
The external jugular vessel is located near this muscle.
What is Sternomastoid muscle
300
This additional heart sound may be heard normally in the aging adult
What is S4
300
The blood that is pumped out of the left ventricle contains... a. a full supply of oxygen b. impurities that must be removed by the liver c. a high percentage of carbon dioxide d. all the wastes to be delivered to the organs of excretion
What is A. a full supply of oxygen
400
The best position to place a patient in order to hear an S3
What is Left lateral position
400
A patient has cold clammy skin and loss of hair on their legs. This is what the nurse would suspect
What is Peripheral vascular disease
400
This is a blowing, swishing sound that indicates blood flow turbulence in a blood vessel.
What is a Bruit
400
In the aging adult the heart valves begin to do this.
What is What is thicken & stiffen
400
Valve flaps prevent the back flow of blood from the pulmonary artery into the ________
What is right ventricle
500
A 65 year old man comes to your clinic complaining of fatigue. While auscultating his heart sounds you note the presence of an S3 sound. What do you suspect?
What is heart failure
500
While assessing your patient who was admitted with a fractured femur, you notice that you are unable to palpate the dorsalis pedis pulse. What is your next action?
Check with a doppler.
500

 A 70-year-old patient has swelling in his ankles, and jugular venous pulsations when the head of his bed is elevated 45 degrees. This is what you suspect.

Increased pressure on the right side of the heart.

500
Name the correct order of how blood flows through the heart.

Right atrium - tricuspid valve - R ventricle - Pulmonary valve - Pulmonary artery - oxgenated by lungs - pulmonary vein - left atrium - mitral valve - l ventricle - aortic valve - aorta - rest of the body  

500
A 72 year old patient is admitted to the medical floor with a diagnosis of heart failure. In heart failure, an increase in abdominal girth, increase in total body weight and pitting edema are indications of ________?
What is fluid retention/ fluid overload/ volume overload