NUR 2180 Physical Assessment Cardiac QUIZ

NUR 2180 Physical Assessment Cardiac QUIZ
1. Expected findings when you auscultate the heart
Answer
Will listen in 5 places. Normal sounds are s1,s2 with the s2 sound being heard more on right
side of heart and s1 more on the left side. Apical pulse should be felt near the mitral valve in the
4th/5thintercostal space.
2. Apical pulse is heard at
Answer
Mitral valve
3. apical pulse
Answer
pulse taken with a stethoscope and near the apex of the heart
4. Order of listening to heart
Answer
aortic, pulmonic, erbs point, tricuspid, mitral
5. Grading of Heart Murmurs
Answer
•Grade I -barely audible
• Grade 2-clearly audible but faint
• Grade 3-moderately loud, easy to hear
• Grade 4- Loud, associated with thrill
• Grade 5- Very loud- partly off chest
• Grade 6- Loudest can be heard with stethoscope lifted off chest
6. location/sounds aortic
Answer
rsternal border, 2ndspace,s2 sounds will be prominent