NSG 500 Advanced Health Assessment Exam 2
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A palpable vibration increased with lobar pneumonia is also known as:
A. Rhonchi
B. Resonance
C. Fremitus
D. Crackles
C. Fremitus (key term is "palpable"
Your patient is exhibiting rapid shallow breathing, with a respiratory rate >24
respirations per minute. Which of the following conditions are they experiencing?
A. hypoxemia
B. tachypnea
C. fremitus
D. resonance
B. tachypnea
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Increased tactile fremitus would be evident in an individual who has which of the
following conditions?
A. emphysema
B. pneumonia
C. crepitus
D. pneumothorax
B. pneumonia
Fremitus is a palpable vibration. Increased fremitus occurs with compression or
consolidation of lung tissue (ex. lobar pneumonia)
,Which of the following terms is used to describe a decreased level of oxygen (O2)
in the blood?
A. anemia
B. hypercapnia
C. hypoxemia
D. emphysema
C. hypoxemia
The nurse is assessing a patient who has emphysema. They note a course,
crackling sensation that is palpable over the skin surface. This is known as:
A. hypoxemia
b. crackles
C. fremitus
D. crepitus
D. crepitus
Upon receiving the patient's lab results, the nurse notes the patient has an
increased level of carbon dioxide in the blood. Which of the following conditions
would the patient be experiencing?
, A. resonance
B. hypercapnia
C. fremitus
D. tachypnea
B. hypercapnia
The nurse is auscultating a patient's lungs and hears discontinuous, high-pitched,
short, popping sounds heard during inspiration, and not cleared by coughing.
These are described as:
A. bradypnea
B. rhonchi
C. crackles
D. wheezing
C. crackles
The nurse is assessing a patient's lungs by using the percussion technique. Which
sound would the nurse expect to hear over healthy lung tissue?
A. resonance
B. orthopnea
C. crackles
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