NURS-6512C Week 8: Quiz

NURS-6512C Week 8: Quiz

NURS-6512C Week 8 Quiz

Question 1

What is TRUE regarding the term pulsus parvus et tardus” in relation to aortic stenosis?”

• It is caused by a floppy aortic valve making it progressively looser when it opens.
• The pulse is weak and late relative to the contraction of the heart.
• Pulsus parvus et tardus is seen in both aortic and mitral valve stenosis.
• The weak and late pulse is due to increased blood flow through the aortic valve.
• The pulse rises quickly and rapidly.

Question 2

Loud, bubbly noises heard during inspiration and not cleared by a cough describe which adventitious breath sound?

• Fine crackles
• Course crackles
• Rhonchi
• Pleural friction rub

Question 3

Osteoarthritis of the hip produces pain most commonly with which maneuver?

• Palpation of the lateral hip
• Flexion of the hip joint
• Extension of the hip joint
• Internal rotation of the hip joint
• Flexion of the spine

ANSWERS

Question 1

Answer: The pulse is weak and late relative to the contraction of the heart.
Explanation: Pulsus parvus et tardus indicates a weak and delayed pulse seen in aortic stenosis due to obstruction of left ventricular outflow.

Question 2

Answer: Coarse crackles
Explanation: Loud, bubbly noises heard during inspiration that do not clear with coughing indicate coarse crackles, usually caused by air passing through fluid in the larger airways.

Question 3

Answer: Internal rotation of the hip joint
Explanation: Hip osteoarthritis commonly produces pain with internal rotation, often felt in the groin or anterior thigh………………purchase this entire quiz at $10 only