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NSG-316 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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NSG-316 EXAM 3Where can the aortic valve be auscultated? - ANSWERS-2nd right interspace
Where can the pulmonic valve be ausculated? - ANSWERS-2nd left interspace
where can the tricuspid valve be auscultated? - ANSWERS-left 4th intercostal
space/lower sternal border
where can the mitral (bicuspid) valve be auscultated? - ANSWERS-5th interspace
left midclavicular line
When auscultating breath sounds, you have to listen to both - ANSWERS-
inspiration and expiration which = one breathe
Fremitus is a - ANSWERS-palpable vibration
Fremitus's are - ANSWERS-sounds generated from larynx which are transmitted
through the lung to the chest wall where you feel them as vibrations
you palpate for tactile fremitus with the - ANSWERS-palmar base of fingers or
ulnar edge of hand
, when palpating for tactile fremitus, what words will the patient say? - ANSWERS-
"ninety-nine" or "blue moon"
bronchial breath sound = - ANSWERS-inspiration < expiration
Bronchovesicular breath sound = - ANSWERS-inspiration = expiration
vesicular breath sounds = - ANSWERS-inspiration > expiration
crackles (or rales) are heard in patients with - ANSWERS-pneumonia
wheeze or rhonchi are heard in patients with - ANSWERS-asthma
atelectatic crackles - ANSWERS-not pathologic, short, popping, crackling sounds
that sound like fine crackles but do not last beyond a few breaths
atelectatic crackles are head in the - ANSWERS-periphery only and disappear after
a few breathes or after a cough
there are how many pairs of ribs and thoracic vertebrae? - ANSWERS-12 pairs of
each
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