Question

A nurse is providing an in-service presentation to a group of new pediatric nurses and reviewing differences in assessment of children and adults. when describing the heart sound typically auscultated in children in comparison to an adult, which characteristic would the nurse describe?

Answer 1

The characteristic that the nurse will describe is HIGHER PITCHED. 
When it comes to heart beating in children and adults, one major difference between the two is that, the heart sound typically auscultated in children has higher pitch than that of the adults.