Week 6 PV Integ Study Guide South University, Savannah NSG 6020 .

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You are assessing a 59-year-old gas station owner for atherosclerosis in the lower extremities. In which of the following locations would the patient's pain make you concerned for this disease proce... ss? Calf A 57-year-old maintenance worker comes to your office for evaluation of pain in his legs. He has smoked two packs per day since the age of 16, but he is otherwise healthy. You are concerned that he may have peripheral vascular disease. Which of the following is part of common or concerning symptoms for the peripheral vascular system? Intermittent claudication A patient has bilateral pitting edema of the feet. While assessing the peripheral vascular system, the nurse's primary focus should be: Venous function of the lower extremities A patient has a positive Homans' sign. The nurse knows that a positive Homans' sign may indicate: deep vein thrombosis. The major artery that supplies blood to arm brachial artery To assess the dorsalis pedis artery, the nurse would palpate lateral to the extensor tendon of the great toe. The dorsalis pedis artery is located on the dorsum of the foot. Palpate just lateral to and parallel with the extensor tendon of the big toe. The nurse is reviewing an assessment of a patient's peripheral pulses and notices that the documentation states that the radial pulses are "2+." The nurse recognizes that this reading indicates what type ofpulse? A.Bounding B.Normal C.Weak D.Absent Which of the following assessment findings is most consistent with clubbing of the fingernails? An angle of the nail base of 180 degrees or greater with a nail base that feels spongy During an assessment, the nurse notes that a patient's left arm is swollen from the shoulder down to the fingers, with nonpitting edema. The right arm is normal. The patient had a mastectomy 1 year ago. The nurse suspects which problem? [Show More]

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