Exam 18: Thorax and Lungs

The most important technique when progressing from one auscultatory site on the thorax to another is:

A 65-year-old patient with a history of heart failure comes to the clinic with complaints of "being awakened from sleep with shortness of breath." Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?

When assessing the respiratory system of a 4-year-old child,which of the following findings would the nurse expect?

The primary muscles of respiration include the:

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

The nurse knows that bronchophony heard upon auscultation is associated with:

During auscultation of breath sounds,the nurse will use the stethoscope correctly,as follows:

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

MATCHING The nurse is assessing voice sounds during a respiratory assessment.Match the assessment with the correct technique: -W = Whispered pectoriloquy

The nurse knows that auscultation of fine crackles would most likely be noted in which situation?

A woman in her 26th week of pregnancy states that she is "not really short of breath" but feels that she is aware of her breathing and the need to breathe.What is the nurse's best reply?

A patient comes to the clinic complaining of a cough that is worse at night but not as bad during the day.The nurse recognizes that this may indicate:

The nurse is aware that tactile fremitus is produced by:

When assessing a patient's lungs,the nurse recalls that the left lung:

MATCHING The nurse is assessing voice sounds during a respiratory assessment.Match the assessment with the correct technique: -E = Egophony

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

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

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 knows that these are:

The nurse notes hyperresonant percussion tones when percussing the thorax of an infant.The nurse's best action would be to:

The nurse knows that bronchovesicular breath sounds are: