While Evaluating a Client for a Heart Murmur, a Nurse

question 15

Multiple Choice

While evaluating a client for a heart murmur, a nurse auscultates the murmur with the bell of a stethoscope and not with the diaphragm of a stethoscope. Which type of heart murmur is this considered?

• A) A high-pitched murmur.
• B) A low-pitched murmur.
• C) A crescendo murmur.
• D) A decrescendo murmur.

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Definitions:

RNA

Ribonucleic acid, a molecule essential for coding, decoding, regulation, and expression of genes, acting as a messenger carrying instructions from DNA for controlling the synthesis of proteins.

Protein

Large, complex molecules essential to all living organisms that are involved in virtually every biological process, including structure, function, and regulation of the body's tissues and organs.

Rough ER

A part of the endoplasmic reticulum with ribosomes attached to its surface, involved in protein synthesis and folding.

Smooth ER

A part of the endoplasmic reticulum that lacks ribosomes and is involved in lipid synthesis and detoxification processes.