Exam 6: Assessing the Cardiovascular System

Native Americans younger than ________________years have twice the mortality rate from heart disease as other groups.

Diastolic murmurs or murmurs greater than or equal to a grade ________________are usually significant of pathology.

The nurse is assessing a patient who presents with a heart rate of less than 60 beats per minute. Which are possible causes for this assessment finding? Select all that apply.

The S₃ rhythm often accompanies which heart problem?

Which finding is abnormal when conducting inspection as part of a cardiovascular assessment?

Turbulent blood flow within the heart is heard as a murmur. Which is the cause of the murmur?

The S₁ heart sound is made during which part of the cardiac cycle?

Which location does the nurse use to assess S₁?

At which auscultatory site would S₂ best be heard?

At which auscultatory site would S₁ best be heard?

The nurse is assessing a patient's heart sounds. Which pitch is expected for the S₂ sound?

The nurse is preparing to conduct a cardiovascular assessment. Which piece of equipment is not required?

The nurse educator is teaching a group of nursing students about jugular pulsations. Which statements will the educator include in the presentation? Select all that apply.

Which extra heart sound might the nurse anticipate for a patient with a history of hypertension?

The nurse detects a widely abnormal split S₂. At which auscultatory site would this be heard?

The nurse notes mitral regurgitation during auscultation of heart sounds. Which are characteristic of this finding? Select all that apply.

The nurse is preparing to assess the apical pulse, which is found in the ____________________th intercostal space.