NCLEX-RN Complete Prep Course — Lesson 80: Cardiovascular and Peripheral Vascular Assessment: Heart Sounds, Pulses, Edema, and Jugular Venous Distension

Sarah Mitchell maps the five auscultation landmarks, explains S1 and S2, and teaches the S3 Kentucky gallop of fluid overload versus the S4 Tennessee gallop of a stiff ventricle. She covers pulse grading and Doppler, edema grading one plus to four plus, jugular venous distension at 45 degrees, hepatojugular reflux, arterial versus venous insufficiency with positioning rules, chest pain differentiation, pediatric and older adult variations, and CVP and arterial line basics.

Lesson 80 of 125 in the NCLEX-RN Complete Prep Course audio course from ExamPrepRise.

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