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NURS 5050- Resp Questions with Correct AnswersA client with myocardial infarction suddenly
becomes tachycardic, shows signs of air hunger,
and begins coughing frothy, pink-tinged sputum.
Which finding would the nurse anticipate when
auscultating the client's breath sounds?
1. Stridor
2. Crackles
3. Scattered rhonchi
4. Diminished breath sounds correct answer✔✔2
Frothy, pink sputum+ dyspnea, air hunger c/w pulmonary edema. Would
expect crackles
The nurse is assessing the respiratory status of a client
who has suffered a fractured rib. The nurse
should expect to note which finding?
1. Slow, deep respirations
2. Rapid, deep respirations
3. Paradoxical respirations
4. Pain, especially with inspiration correct answer✔✔4
A client with a chest injury has suffered flail chest.
,The nurse assesses the client for which most distinctive
sign of flail chest?
1. Cyanosis
2. Hypotension
3. Paradoxical chest movement
4. Dyspnea, especially on exhalation correct answer✔✔3
A client with a diagnosis of asthma is admitted to
the hospital with respiratory distress. Which type
of adventitious lung sounds should the nurse
expect to hear when performing a respiratory
assessment on this client?
1. Stridor
2. Crackles
3. Wheezes
4. Diminished correct answer✔✔3
Asthma is a respiratory disorder characterized by
recurring episodes of dyspnea, constriction of the bronchi, and wheezing
Which action by a nurse demonstrates proper technique for assessment
of chest expansion?
, Use the ball of both hands to feel for vibrations in a symmetrical pattern
across the posterior chest
Beginning at the scapular line, percuss the intercostal spaces along both
sides of the posterior chest
Place both hands on the posterior chest at T9, press thumbs together, and
then ask client to take a deep breath
Place the stethoscope on the posterior chest wall, ask the client to take a
deep breath, and observe chest rise and fall correct answer✔✔C
The correct technique for assessment of chest expansion is for the
examiner to place the hands on the posterior chest wall with thumbs at
the level of T9 or T10 and pressing together a small skin fold. Ask the
client to take a deep breath and observe the movement of the thumbs.
The apex of each lung is located at the
level of the diaphragm.
area slightly above the clavicle.
level of the sixth rib.
left oblique fissure. correct answer✔✔B
Which action by a nurse demonstrates the proper sequence for
auscultation of the lung fields?
Listen at each site for at least one complete respiratory cycle
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