Exam 18: Thorax and Lungs

The nurse is observing the auscultation technique of another nurse.The correct method to use when progressing from one auscultatory site on the thorax to another is ____ comparison.

The nurse is reviewing the characteristics of breath sounds.Which statement about bronchovesicular breath sounds is true? They are:

A patient has been admitted to the emergency department with a possible medical diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.The nurse expects to see which assessment findings related to this condition?

When assessing tactile fremitus,the nurse recalls that it is normal to feel tactile fremitus most intensely over which location?

The nurse is listening to the breath sounds of a patient with severe asthma.Air passing through narrowed bronchioles would produce which of these adventitious sounds?

During a morning assessment,the nurse notices that the patient's sputum is frothy and pink.Which condition could this finding indicate?

When performing a respiratory assessment on a patient,the nurse notices a costal angle of approximately 90 degrees.This characteristic is:

Which of these statements is true regarding the vertebra prominens? The vertebra prominens is:

The nurse knows that auscultation of fine crackles would most likely be noticed in:

The nurse is auscultating the lungs of a patient who had been sleeping and notices short,popping,crackling sounds that stop after a few breaths.The nurse recognizes that these breath sounds are:

The nurse is auscultating the chest in an adult.Which technique is correct?

During auscultation of the lungs,the nurse expects decreased breath sounds to be heard in which situation?

The nurse is assessing voice sounds during a respiratory assessment.Which of these findings indicates a normal assessment? Select all that apply.

A patient has been admitted to the emergency department for a suspected drug overdose.His respirations are shallow,with an irregular pattern,with a rate of 12 per minute.The nurse interprets this respiration pattern as which of the following?

During an assessment of an adult,the nurse has noted unequal chest expansion and recognizes that this occurs in which situation?

When considering the biocultural differences in the respiratory systems,the nurse knows that which statement is true?

During palpation of the anterior chest wall,the nurse notices a coarse,crackling sensation over the skin surface.On the basis of these findings,the nurse suspects:

During an assessment,the nurse knows that expected assessment findings in the normal adult lung include the presence of:

When auscultating the lungs of an adult patient,the nurse notes that over the posterior lower lobes low-pitched,soft breath sounds are heard,with inspiration being longer than expiration.The nurse interprets that these are:

A mother brings her 3-month-old infant to the clinic for evaluation of a cold.She tells the nurse that he had "a runny nose for a week." When performing the physical assessment,the nurse notes that the child has nasal flaring and sternal and intercostal retractions.The nurse's next action should be to: