To assess the dorsalis pedis artery, you would palpate:
lateral to the extensor tendon of the great toe.
Before you begin auscultating heart sounds, inform the patient:
"I always listen to the heart in a number of places on the chest."
You note that a patient has a murmur and describe it as Grade III/VI. This signifies that the murmur is:
moderately loud, easy to hear.
Which of the following best describes what is meant by atrial kick:
the atria contract toward the end of diastole and push the remaining blood into the ventricles
During assessment, your patient tells you that her fingers often change color when she goes outside in cold. She details these episodes as her fingers first turning white, then blue, then red w/burning, throbbing pain. U suspect that she's experiencing?
Raynaud's syndrome.
The nurse is reviewing an assessment of a patient's peripheral pulses and notes that the documentation states that the radial pulses are 2+. The nurse recognizes that this reading indicates what type of pulse:
normal
While counting the apical pulse on a young adult patient, you notice an irregular rhythm. His rate speeds up on inspiration and slows on expiration. What would be your response?
No further response is needed, as this is normal.
The electrical stimulus of the cardiac cycle follows which sequence:
SA node - AV node - bundle of His - bundle branches
The component of the conduction system referred to as the pacemaker of the heart is the:
sinatrial (SA) node
When listening to heart sounds, the nurse knows that the valve closures that can be heard best at the base of the heart are:
