Adventitious sounds - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Exam 3: NSG 316/ NSG316 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Health Assessment Review | Qs and As | 100% Correct| Grade A (Verified Answers)- GCU Q: What are adventitious sounds? Answer: abnormal sounds that can be heard in the lungs when you auscultate Q: With aging adults, what happens to the respiratory system? Answer: Costal cartilages become calcified = less mobile thorax lungs have a more rigid structure = lungs are harder to inflate have decreased # of alveoli = less sur...

The nurse is caring for a client with a severe nosebleed. The health care provider inserts a nasal sponge. What should the nurse teach the client about this intervention? A. The sponge creates a risk for viral sinusitis B. The sponge can stay in place for 3 to 4 days if needed C. The client should remain supine while the sponge is in place D. NSAIDs are contraindicated while the sponge is in place ANS: B _____________________________________________________________________________________...

ATI PN PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED EXAM A nurse is administering subcutaneous heparin to a client who is at risk for deep vein thrombosis. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? 1. Administer the medication into the client's abdomen. 2. Inject the medication into a muscle. 3. Massage the site after administering the medication. 4. Use a 22-gauge needle to administer the medication. A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a urinary tract infection and new ...

Abnormal breath sounds - ANS »»» •Aka: adventitious breath sounds Abnormal lung sounds - ANS »»» Crackles and weasels Absence of breath sounds - ANS »»» -May be result of: lobectomy, pneumonectomy, lung collapse, complete obstruction of lobe Absent bowel sounds - ANS »»» •keep client NPO until orders from provider; may follow abdominal surgery or occur with inflammation of peritoneum or late bowel obstruction - must hearing nothing for 5 minutes in each quad Adolescents - ...

pneumonia Correct Answer-Acute infection in the lung parenchyma clinical manifestations of pneumonia Correct Answer-sudden onset of fever, shaking chills, shortness of breath, cough productive of purulent sputum, pleuritic chest pain, adventitious breath sounds, cardiac chest pain that doesn't change with cough, pleuritic chest pain that's worse with cough and deep breaths early signs of respiratory distress Correct Answer-pursed lips, tripod position, shallow fast breaths, feeling short...

A nurse is caring for a 5-year-old child Physical Examination: 1510: Upon visual inspection, throat is inflamed, tonsils appear pink, reddened and epiglottis is edematous and cherry red in appearance. Skin appears pale. Stridor noted upon inspiration with diminished bilateral lung sounds. Nurse's Notes: 1500 Child accompanied to emergency department by caregiver. Caregiver states child has a sore throat and reports the child has "pain on swallowing" and denies cough. Child is agitated a...

ATI FINAL EXAM VERSION B 1. A nurse in a burn treatment center is caring for a client who is admitted with severe burns to both lower extremities and is pending an escharotomy. The client’s spouse asks the nurse what the procedure entails. Which of the following nursing statements is appropriate? a. “large incisions will be made in the eschar to improve circulation” b. “ I can call the doctor back here if you want me to” c. “a piece of skin will be removed and grafted ov...

ATI CBC Semester 2 Study Guide Complete Exam Questions With Correct Verified Solutions Pulse oximeter - ANS a device with a sensor probe that attaches securely to the fingertip, toe, bridge of nose, earlobe, or forehead with a clip or band What do pulse oximeters do? - ANS Measure pulse saturation (SpO2) via a wave of infrared light that measures light absorption by oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin in arterial blood. SpO2 reliably reflects the percent of saturation of hemoglob...

TNCC Written Exam 2023 Questions and Answers – All Correct. What is the best measure of the adequacy of cellular perfusion and helps predict the outcome of resuscitation? Correct Answer Base deficit used in conjunction with serum lactate Will hypocapnia cause vasoconstriction or vasodilation, especially in the cerebral vasculature? Correct Answer Vasoconstriction What results from tissue hypo perfusion and oxygen deficit? Correct Answer Metabolic acidosis What type of shock results in g...

(Complete 320 Q&A ) HESI Med Surg I Test Bank _2022-2023 Pass your exam with this test bank because it have covered all Med-Surg I HESI (the test bank is 100% Verified with all correct answers) pass your 2022/2023 Med-Surg I HESI with Grade A+ The nurse assesses a patient with shortness of breath for evidence of long-standing hypoxemia by inspecting: A. Chest excursion B. Spinal curvatures C. The respiratory pattern D. The fingernail and its base {{Correct Ans- D. The fingernail and its base Clu...