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Exam 3: NSG3160 / NSG 3160
( Update 2025 / 2026) Health Assessment Questions with Answers - Galen
Question:
if you hear a bruit in the carotid, you can suspect
Answer:
atherosclerosis
Question:
pulsations of the precordium
Answer:
are abnormal
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Question:
where do you hear the aortic valve
Answer:
2nd intercostal space at right sternal margin
Question:
where do you hear the pulmonic valve
Answer:
2nd intercostal space, left sternal border
Question:
where do you hear erbs
Answer:
left sternal border, 3rd intercostal space
Question:
where do you hear the tricuspid valve
Answer:
4th intercostal space, left sternal border
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Question:
where do you hear the mitral valve
Answer:
5th intercostal space, midclavicular line
Question:
a pulse deficit signifys
Answer:
a weak contraction of the ventricles, and it occurs with A-fib
Question:
Pericarditis symptoms
Answer:
sudden sharp stabbing pain, pain relieved by sitting forward and worsened by lying down or with inspiration
Question:
heart sound for pericarditis
Answer:
friction rub
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Question:
associated symptoms with pericarditis
Answer:
dry cough, muscle and joint aches and fever
Question:
Left sided heart failure symptoms
Answer:
-Left = lungs (and heart) -Crackles, orthopnea, tachycardia, nightness shortness of breath, increased HR, SOB, palpitations, dizzy, lightheaded, confused, restless, cough, dyspnea, blood tinged sputum (advanced)
Question:
right side heart failure
Answer:
REST OF THE BODY !!!!
EDEMA
CYANOSIS
WEIGHT GAIN
JVD (BIG BULGING VEIN)
Ascites
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