Exam 17: Pulmonary Clinical Assessment

What assessment technique uses the creation of sound waves across the body surface to determine abnormal densities?

Which lung sounds would be most likely heard in a patient experiencing an asthma attack?

A patient is admitted with acute lung failure secondary to emphysema.Percussion of the lung fields will predictably exhibit which tone?

How does the patient history assist the nurse in developing the management plan?

When auscultating a patient's lungs,the nurse notes breath sounds that sound like popping in the small airways.What should the nurse document in the patient's record?

The nurse is performing a pulmonary assessment on a patient with a pleural effusion.Which finding is unexpected?

The nurse performs inspection of the oral cavity as part of a focused pulmonary assessment to check for evidence of what condition?

A patient presents with chest trauma from a motor vehicle accident.Upon assessment,the nurse documents that the patient is complaining of dyspnea,shortness of breath,tachypnea,and tracheal deviation to the right.In addition,the patient's tongue is blue-gray.Based on this assessment data,what additional assessment findings would the nurse expect to find?

A patient is admitted in respiratory distress secondary to pneumonia.The nurse knows that obtaining a history is very important.What is the appropriate intervention at this time for obtaining this data?

Deviation of the trachea occurs in which conditions?