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NRSG 312 Exam 2 Questions And
Answers Latest Update

Cough ANS✔✔ -OLDCART

-sputum color, amount, odor

-cough: hacking, dry, barking, hoarse, congested, bubbling

-chest or ear pain



Shortness of Breath ANS✔✔ -OLDCART

-orthopnea

-chest pain, cough, cyanosis, wheezing

-environmental exposure

-medications: oxygen, inhalers

-affect of ADLs



Chest Pain ANS✔✔ -OLDCART

-respiratory infection, coughing, or trauma

-fever, deep breathing, unequal chest inflation

-past history: bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, pneumonia, allergies, TB



Smoking ANS✔✔ -OLDCART

-ppd

-second hand



Environmental Exposure ANS✔✔ -chemicals, coal mine, farming, outdoor

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Patient-Centered Care: Lungs ANS✔✔ -TB skin test

-Chest X-ray

-Pneumonia or Influenza immunizations



Aging Adult: Lungs ANS✔✔ -normal physical activity

-change in weight

-change in energy level

-chest pain



Inspection: Posterior Chest ANS✔✔ -thoracic cage: shape, configuration, spine straight, symmetry,
ribs downward sloping at 45 degrees, symmetric scapula, AP to transverse diameter 1:2, normal neck
muscle development

-position, posture, skin color and condition, lesions



Symmetric Expansion ANS✔✔ -Hands at T9-T10, pinch skin with thumbs, ask patient to take a
deep breath



Tactile Fremitus ANS✔✔ -Sounds generated from the larynx moves through bronchi, lung
parenchyma, and to the chest wall

-Use ulnar edge of hands and touch chest, ask patient to say "ninety-nine" or "blue moon"

-start at apices, note symmetry

-generate strong vibrations

-right side may be stronger because of the bronchial bifurcation

-vibrations decrease as you move down, more tissue impedes transmission

-sounds more prominent between scapula and sternum

-loud, low-pitched voice generates more fremitus

-conditions that increase lung density make a better conducting medium, increasing tactile fremitus

-note tenderness, temperature, moisture, lumps, masses, skin lesions



Percussion: Posterior Chest ANS✔✔ -start at apices , percuss side-to-side at 5 cm intervals

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-resonance: low-pitched, clear, hollow sound (healthy tissue)

-percussion only penetrates outer 5-7 cm of tissue, cannot hear anything deeper

-abnormal findings must be 2-3 cm wide to yield abnormal percussion notes



Diaphragmatic Excursion ANS✔✔ -Expiration: percuss down scapular line until sound changes
from resonant to dull

-may be higher on the right because of the liver

-Inhalation: percuss down scapular line until sound changes from resonant to dull

-measure difference (space diaphragm moves during ventilation)

-should be equal bilaterally (3-5 cm in adults; 7-8 cm in well-conditioned people)



Auscultate: Posterior Chest ANS✔✔ -breathe through the mouth, deeper than normal

-use the diaphragm endpiece of stethoscope, listen to full respirations, side-to-side comparison

-minimize extraneous noise: breathing, shivering, hairy chest, gown

-posterior at apices (C7 to bases, T10 laterally from axilla down to 7th or 8th rib)

-bronchial/ tracheal/ tubular- over the trachea (loud amplitude, inspiration shorter, harsh, hollow
tubular)

-bronchovesicular- near sternum/spine (moderate pitch and amplitude, inspiration=expiration,
mixed quality)

-vesicular- lobes of lungs (low pitch, soft amplitude, inspiration longer, rustling sound)



Adventitious Breath Sounds ANS✔✔ -moving air colliding with secretions in tracheobronchial
passageways or popping open of deflated airways

-crackles (rales)- discontinuous popping sounds during inspiration

-wheeze (rhonchi)- continuous musical sounds heard over expiration

-atelectatic crackles- short, popping, crackling sounds, that do not last longer than a few breaths,
heard in the periphery only



Voice Sounds ANS✔✔ -ask to say "ninety-nine" while listening over the chest wall

-normal voice: soft, muffled, indistinct (hear sound but cannot distinguish what is exactly being said)

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