Auscultation bronchial - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A 55-year-old male presents to your office for assessment of a chronic cough. He complains of "coughing for the last 10 years." The cough has become more bothersome lately. The cough is productive with usually mucoid sputum; occasionally it becomes purulent. He has a 35-year history of smoking two packs of cigarettes a day. He quit smoking approximately 2 years ago. On physical examination his blood pressure is 160/85 mm Hg. His pulse is 96 and regular. He has a BMI of 34. He weighs 280 lbs. H...

Fatigue, weight loss, fever, night sweats, productive cough, hemoptysis correct answers TB Apical pulmonary opacities? correct answers TB Caseating granuloma? correct answers TB Dullness to percussion and decreased breath sounds over a particular lung area? correct answers Pleural Effusion When you hear transudative pleural effusion, you think what? correct answers Congestive Heart Failure When you hear exudative pleural effusion, you think what? correct answers Pneumonia or cance...

A nurse is auscultating the lung sounds of a client who came to the clinic for a physical exam. There is not any history of lung disease. What should the nurse expect to hear? a. adventitious breath sounds b. bronchial breath sounds c. bronchovesicular breath sounds d. vesicular breath sounds CORRECT ANSWER-answer: c rationale: the nurse auscultates breath sounds from side to side, moving from the upper to the lower chest. They listen anteriorly, laterally, and posteriorly. Normal breath ...

HESI / Final Exam: NUR101 / NUR 101 (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Guide with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A – Fortis Question: what is the significance of dullness on percussion? Answer: consolidation. could indicate fluid, tumor or infection. Question: the nurse percussions over a patient with pneumonia. percussion over an atelectasis in the lungs would reveal? Answer: dullness Question: dead space where no gas exchange occurs An...

Describe components of Vital Signs correct answers Temp: 96.8-100.4F Respiration rate (RR): 12-20 breaths/min Heart rate (HR): 60-100 beats / min BP: 120/80 SpO2: > or = 95% * adult averages... each patient has their own baseline General order of physical exam: correct answers IPPA: inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate Light palpation: correct answers 3-4 fingers pressing about 1cm Deep palpation: correct answers fingers are placed at greater angle, pressing down 4cm (2in) ...

Describe components of Vital Signs correct answers Temp: 96.8-100.4F Respiration rate (RR): 12-20 breaths/min Heart rate (HR): 60-100 beats / min BP: 120/80 SpO2: > or = 95% * adult averages... each patient has their own baseline General order of physical exam: correct answers IPPA: inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate Light palpation: correct answers 3-4 fingers pressing about 1cm Deep palpation: correct answers fingers are placed at greater angle, pressing down 4cm (2in) ...

NSG 6020 Midterm Questions and Answers Already Passed What age does bronchiolitis occur? most common at age 6 months- does not occur after age 2 main symptom of bronchiolitis wheezing-lasts about 7 days most common cause of bronchiolitis RSV Treatment for bronchiolitis No specific treatment Order of lung exam inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate Pectus Excavatum congenital posterior displacement of lower aspect of sternum -hollowed-out appearance -concave appearance of lower sternum Pectu...

Order of Assessment - Answer-Inspection, Palpation, Percussion and Auscultation. EXCEPT with abdomen Comprehensive Health History - Answer-chief complaint, reason for visit, ROS, past medical and surgical history, social history and family history Pediatric Body measurements - Answer-length, height, weight, head circumference fro birth to 36 months Normal/Hypertension cut off - Answer-<130 normal 140+ hypertension Fontanel Closure - Answer-posterior 1-2 months, anterior 9mo-2years otos...

5/3/19 ATI FUNDAMENTALS EXAM 1. CHAPTER 1: HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS A. Components of Health care systems a. Participants 1. Consumers- clients 2. Providers a. Licensed providers: registered nurses, license practical (or vocational) nurses (LPN), advanced practice nurses (APN), medical doctors, pharmacists, dentists, dietitians, physical/respiratory/occupational therapists, etc b. Unlicensed providers: assistive personal b. Settings 1. Hospitals, homes, skilled nursing, assisted living, schoo...

Final PN111 Herzing University Latest Update Graded A+ Eupnea means: normal breathing Tachypnea rapid breathing bradypnea slow breathing orthopnea difficulty breathing when lying down Dyspnea difficulty breathing apnea absence of breathing What tells you a patient is having difficulty breathing? Using accessory muscles, nasal flaring, cyanosis, tripod position Barrell Chest 1:1, related to lung overinflated and increase in A/P diameter Normal is 1:2 Angle of Louis...