Q1: A nurse is assessing a client's bowel sounds. At which of the following points in the assessment should the nurse auscultate the client's abdomen?

Q2: A nurse is auscultating a client's heart sounds and hears an extra heart sound before what should be considered the first heart sound S1. The nurse should document this finding as which of the following heart sounds?

Q3: While assessing an older adult the nurse hears a bruit over the carotid arteries. The nurse should explain to the client that this bruit is

Q4:  The nurse is assessing 2 patients in room 212-1 and 212-2 and obtain a heart rate of between 60 and 100 bpm for 212-1 and a heart rate of 40-60 bpm for 21.2-2. The nurse knows that bed 212-1 heart rate is being controlled by the and bed 212-2 by the Bundle of His

Q5: A nurse is having difficulty auscultating the apical pulse of a patient in the supine position. What is the best position to reposition the patient in order to better hear the apical pulse?