Pa Exam II

The bottom of the heart is the

What is the outer sac that protects the heart called

What is the muscle layer of the heart?

What is the inside lining of the muscle layer called

What is the outside surface of the muscle layer called

What pleural membrane lines the chest cavity

What area is between the lungs containing the trachea, esophagus, heart and great vessels

What pleural membrane lines the lungs?

What is the collapse of a section if the alveoli called?

What is enlarged breast tissue in men called

The second sound dupp is referred to as

• S1

• S2

• S3

• S4

When auscultating for lung sounds posteriorly.  Do you mostly listen to upper or lower lobes

• Uppper

• Lower

When you hear lubb dubb what is the first sound called

• S1

• S2

• S3

• S4

Does S1 occur in Systole or diastole

• Diastole

• Systole

Who is more likely to have substernal chest pain

• Male

• Female

What could occur if the negative pressure changes in the pleural space?

• Neumonia

• Pneumothorax

• Bronchitis

• Asthma

When auscultating lung sounds anteriorly are you hearing mostly upper or lower lobes

• Upper

• Lower

A decrease of O2 in the blood is known

• Hypoxemia

• Dyspnea

• Hypocapnea

• Hypercapnea

What is it called when a coronary artery gets inadequate blood or O2 to the heart muscle

• Infarction

• Ischemia

What do you feel at the carotid artery?

• S1

• S2

What might I hear over an upper airway that has become narrow

• Crackles

• Wheezes

• Stidor

Who is more prone to atelectasis

• Healthy 20 yr old

• Healthy 70 yr old

• Health 50 yr old

What might I hear in an area where there is a partial obstruction

• Wheezes

• Crackles

• Stidor

Is dyspnea subjective or objective

• Subjective

• Objective

Which is a normal finding?

• Nasal flaring

• Spo2 91%

• Using accessory muscles

What pt adaptation would indicate respiratory distress?

• RR 14

• Productive cough

• Sore Throat

• Orthopnea

What might you hear when air is moving through moisture

• Wheezes

• Crackles

• Stidor

When I check the SPo2, I am checking

• Perfusion

• Ventilation

When assessing for dysuria the nurse should ask "do you

• Feel able to empty bladder fully each time you void

• Have a problem starting or stopping the flow of urine

• Pass little urine when you cough or sneeze

• Experience any pain or burning when you urinate

An increase of CO2 in the blood triggers the brain to tell us to breath this is

• Eupnea

• Hypoxia

• Hypercapnea

• Tachypnea

Which is most reflective of an early adaptation to hypoxia

• Restlessness

• Cyanosis

• Decreased loc

• Confusion

S2 is heard the loudest

• At the base

• At the apex

• The 2 ICS

What is teh usual etiology of a URI

• A virus

• A bacteria

• Pneumonia

The #1 symptom of cardiac insufficiency in the elderly is

• Chest pain

• SOB

• Fatigue

• Edema

My pt tells me they smoke 1.5 PPD for the last 2 years.  How do I document the smoking Hx

• 1.5 pk year smoker for 2 yrs

• 3 pk year smoker for 2 yrs

• 2 pk year smoker for 2 yrs

• 2 pk year smoker for 1.5 yrs