Health Assessment In Nursing - Breath Sounds
Some basic knowedge needed for a lung assessment
- 1.The nurse is preparing to auscultate the posterior thorax of an adult female client. The nurse should
- A.
Place the bell of the stethescope firmly on the posterior chest wall
- B.
Ascultate from the base of the lungs to the apices
- C.
Ask the client to breathe deeply through her mouth
- D.
Ask the client to breathe normally through her nose
- 2.The nurse assesses an adults client's breath sounds and hears sonorous wheezes, primarily during the client's expirtaion. the nurse should refer the client to a physician for possible
- A.
Asthma
- B.
Chronic emphysema
- C.
Pleuritis
- D.
Bronchitis
- 3.Match the terms to the correct descriptionOrthopnea
- A.
An increase in carbon dioxide in the blood
- B.
Low-pitched, bubbling, moist sounds
- C.
Difficulty breathing when lying supine
- 4.Match the terms to the correct descriptionCrepitus
- A.
A "cracking" sensation
- B.
Low-pitched snoring or moaning sounds
- C.
Markedly sunken sternum and adjacent cartilage
- 5.Match the terms to the correct description, check all that applyVesicular breath sounds
- A.
Low pitch
- B.
High pitch
- C.
Ausculated over most lung fields
- D.
Auscultated over main bronchus area
- E.
Ascultated over upper right posterior lung fields
- F.
Short on exhilation, long inhalation
- G.
Exhalation equals inhalation
- 6.Match the terms to the correct description, check all that applyBronchovesicular breath sounds
- A.
Medium pitch
- B.
Exhalation equals inhalation
- C.
Loud and long exhalation
- D.
Heard over trachea area
- E.
Heard over main bronchus area & upper right posterior lung fields
- F.
High pitch
- 7.Match the terms to the correct description, check all that applyBronchial breath sounds
- A.
Low pitch
- B.
Medium pitch
- C.
High pitch
- D.
Loud & long exhalation
- E.
Short exhalation & long inhalation
- F.
Heard over trachea
- G.
Heard over most lung fields
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