Bronchial breath sounds Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ATI: NR304 / NR 304 (LATEST Update 2024/2025) Health Assessment II | Review with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| -Chamberlain QUESTION ABCDE for melanoma -A: asymmetry -B: border irregularity -C: color variegation -D: diameter > 6mm -E: evolving changes (size, shape, symptoms, surface, and shades of color) QUESTION facial lymph nodes Answer: -preauricular -posterior auricular -occipital -submental -submandibular (submaxillary) -jugulodiga...

A 52 year-old post-operative cholecystectomy patient's breath sounds become more coarse upon completion of postural drainage with percussion. The respiratory therapist should recommend: A. Continuing the therapy until breath sounds improve. B. administering dornase alpha. C. administering albuterol therapy. D. deep breathing and coughing to clear secretions. - Answer - D. deep breathing and coughing to clear secretions. See Patient Assessment A healthy adult female can exhale what p...

Which of the following parameters may be a late sign of cardiovascular disturbance signaling failure of the compensatory mechanisms? A. Tachycardia B. Bradycardia C. Hypotension D. Hypertension - ANSWER-C Investigative tests should be based on the patient's history and physical examination as well as on previous tests. Which of the following is one of the most important indicators of critical illness? A. Respiratory acidosis B. Metabolic acidosis C. Elevated creatinine D. Hyponatremi...

NREMT - Airway, Ventilation, & Respiration Which of the following sounds indicates an upper airway obstruction in a child who is in respiratory distress? A. Wheezes B. Rales C. Rhonchi D. Stridor - ANSWER D. Stridor An unresponsive 7-month-old female is lying limp in her father's arms. He tells you that she was having an asthma attack but is better now. Her conjunctivae are pale and moist. You are only able to auscultate faint wheezes in her upper chest. Her vital signs are P 76 and...

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 ...

1. A 22-year-old man is hypotensive and tachycardic after a shotgun wound to the left shoulder. His blood pressure is initially 80/40 mm Hg. After initial fluid resuscitation his blood pressure increases to 122/84 mm Hg. His heart rate is now 100 beats per minute and his respiratory rate is 28 breaths per minute. A tube thoracostomy is performed for decreased left chest breath sounds with the return of a small amount of blood and no air leak. After chest tube insertion, the most appropriat...

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (MODULE 2)A nurse is preparing to auscultate a client's breath sounds. To assess vesicular breath sounds, the nurse places the stethoscope over: - correct answer The peripheral lung fields Rationale: Vesicular breath sounds are heard over the peripheral lung fields, where air flows through the smaller bronchioles and alveoli. Broncho vesicular breath sounds are heard over the major bronchi. Bronchial (tracheal) breath sounds are heard over the trachea ...

2023 HESI Med-Surg RN Custom Exam (for Med Surg II Class) Pics & Q&As Included (A+)Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. While assessing a client with diabetes mellitus, the nurse observes an absence of hair growth on the client's legs. What additional assessment provides further data to support this finding? a. Palpate for the presence of femoral pulses bilaterally. b. Assess for the presence of a positive Homan...

ACUTE RESP DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS) 1. The unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is bathing the client diagnosed with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The bed is in a high position with the opposite side rail in the low position. Which action should the nurse implement? 1. Demonstrate the correct technique for giving a bed bath. 2. Encourage the UAP to put the bed in the lowest position. 3. Instruct the UAP to get another person to help with the bath. 4. Provide praise for perform...

NREMT Paramedic Exam(National Registry)Latest 2023 stridor - Answer Harsh or high-pitched respiratory sound, swelling, fb in upper airway. Croup is an example Snoring - Answer The sound of the soft tissue of the upper airway creating a partial obstruction of air flow. The tongue blocking the airway is an example. gurgling - Answer indicates presence of fluid in the upper airway, need for suctioning Decorticate - Answer elbows and hands flexed, and legs flexed. They are internally rotat...