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Maryville NURS 612 Exam 2 Questions and Answers 100% Pass inspect the chest - without clothes on; 1st assess shape and size; 2nd check for symmetry; 3rd thoracic landmarks; 4th color of skin; 5th check for supernumerary nipples; 6th superficial venous patterns; and 7th observe for rib prominenc...

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inspect the chest - ✔✔without clothes on; 1st assess shape and size; 2nd check for

symmetry; 3rd thoracic landmarks; 4th color of skin; 5th check for supernumerary

nipples; 6th superficial venous patterns; and 7th observe for rib prominence


thoracic landmarks - ✔✔midline trachea, costal angle, angle of ribs, intercostal spaces,

suprasternal notch


symmetry of chest - ✔✔thoracic expansion at costal angle, w/o use of accessory

muscles


hx questions for cc of resp issue - ✔✔What is the nature of your cough?; Do you

produce any sputum?; Is your cough related to activity?; What position are you most

comfortable in?; How many pillows do you sleep with at night?; Is your SOB related to

activity?


normal respirations - ✔✔rate between 12 to 20/min; ratio of resp to heart beats= 1:4; pt

should breathe easily, regularly w/o apparent distress; pattern should be even, not too

shallow or too deep




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, hypopnea - ✔✔term for abnormally shallow respirations


tachypnea - ✔✔term for resp rate greater than 20, but consistent and may occur during

hyperventilation; often a symptom of pain


bradypnea - ✔✔term for resp rate less than 12; may indicate neurologic or electrolyte

disturbances, infection, or conscious response to protect against the pain of pleurisy or

other irritative pneumonia. Can also be 2/2 level of cardio fitness


hyperventilation - ✔✔term for fast and deep, heavy respirations, can be caused by

exercise, anxiety, and CNS and metabolic diseases


hyperpnea - ✔✔term for abnormally deep respirations


kussmaul respirations - ✔✔deep and mostly rapid respirations, used to describe resp

effort of metabolic acidosis


cheyne stokes respirations - ✔✔regular breathing with intervals of apnea by crescendo

decrescendo breathing; can be seen in sleeping pts, but mostly pts who are very ill, esp

with brain damage


biot respirations - ✔✔irregular breathing that varies in depth and is interrupted

irregularly by intervals of apnea; associated with severe and persistent increased

intracranial pressure, resp compromise from drug poisoning, or brain damage at the

medulla and generally equals poor prognosis




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