NSG 3012 Physical assessment week 3 quiz Latest Update 2025-2026 80 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
A nurse is a assessing a client who Bacterial pneumonia. Which of the following clinical manifestation should the nurse expect? Select all that apply.
- Increased tactile fremitus
- SaO2 95% on room air
- Temperature 38.8 (101.8)
d. Bradypnea - CORRECT ANSWER: a. Increased tactile fremitus
- Temperature 38.8 (101.8)*
A nurse is caring for a client who experienced a lacerated spleen and has been on bedrest for several days. The nurse auscultates decreased breath sounds in the lower lobes of both lungs. The nurse should realize that this finding is most likely an indication of which of the following conditions?
- Upper Respiratory infection
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Atelectasis
d. Lower Respiratory Infection - CORRECT ANSWER: c. Pulmonary Atelectasis
A patient with bilateral pneumonia in which both lungs are filled with fluid on auscultation using broncophony you will hear sounds that are - CORRECT ANSWER: loud and clear bilaterally.
Usually when you use broncophony, the sound is muffled
Adventitious breath sounds heard on a patient with pleurisy is - CORRECT ANSWER: a loud scratchy sound caused by inflammation in the pleural cavity 1 / 2
Adventitious sounds heard without stethoscope is known as - CORRECT ANSWER:
stridor
occurence: inspiration
quality: loud, high pitched crowing heard
cause: obstructed upper airway
Adventitious sounds produced outside of the airway described as rubbing would be -
CORRECT ANSWER: pleural friction rub
occurence: inspiration/exhalation
quality: low pitched grating, rubbing
cause: pleural inflammation
Assessing a pt w/ left lung pleural effusion, what will you hear? - CORRECT ANSWER: absent breath sound on left lung
Assessment technique for the breast? - CORRECT ANSWER: (2) Inspection and
palpation
Asymmetric diaphragmatic excursion may indicate - CORRECT ANSWER: Paralysis or
pleural effusion of the side that is asymmetric
ataxic breathing or biots breathing - CORRECT ANSWER: deep respiration with a
period of apnea, irregular; common in patients with brain injury
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