NSG 6020 HEALTH ASSESSMENT PRACTICE
SOLUTION 2026 STUDY GUIDE BUNDLED
⩥main symptom of bronchiolitis. Answer: wheezing-lasts about 7 days
⩥most common cause of bronchiolitis. Answer: RSV
⩥Treatment for bronchiolitis. Answer: No specific treatment
⩥Order of lung exam. Answer: inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate
⩥Pectus Excavatum. Answer: congenital posterior displacement of
lower aspect of sternum
-hollowed-out appearance
-concave appearance of lower sternum
⩥Pectus carinatum. Answer: at birth
-post CABG
mid childhood and 11-14 year old pubertal males undergoing a growth
spurt
-convex deformity
-97% have MVP
, ⩥Barrel Chest. Answer: associated with emphysema and lung
hyperinflation
-accompanying x-ray demonstrates increased ant-post diameter as well
as diaphragmatic flattening
⩥Tactile fremitus. Answer: palpable vibrations of the
bronchiopulmonary tree as the patient is speaking (99 or 1-2-3)
-impeded in COPD, pulm effusion or pneumothorax
-increased in consolidation and PNA
⩥percussion:
flatness. Answer: (thigh)
Large Pleural effusion
⩥Percussion- dullness. Answer: (liver)
Lobar PNA
⩥Percussion: resonance. Answer: (Lung)
simple chronic bronchitis
⩥Percussion: hyperresonance. Answer: None
-emphysema, pneumothorax
SOLUTION 2026 STUDY GUIDE BUNDLED
⩥main symptom of bronchiolitis. Answer: wheezing-lasts about 7 days
⩥most common cause of bronchiolitis. Answer: RSV
⩥Treatment for bronchiolitis. Answer: No specific treatment
⩥Order of lung exam. Answer: inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate
⩥Pectus Excavatum. Answer: congenital posterior displacement of
lower aspect of sternum
-hollowed-out appearance
-concave appearance of lower sternum
⩥Pectus carinatum. Answer: at birth
-post CABG
mid childhood and 11-14 year old pubertal males undergoing a growth
spurt
-convex deformity
-97% have MVP
, ⩥Barrel Chest. Answer: associated with emphysema and lung
hyperinflation
-accompanying x-ray demonstrates increased ant-post diameter as well
as diaphragmatic flattening
⩥Tactile fremitus. Answer: palpable vibrations of the
bronchiopulmonary tree as the patient is speaking (99 or 1-2-3)
-impeded in COPD, pulm effusion or pneumothorax
-increased in consolidation and PNA
⩥percussion:
flatness. Answer: (thigh)
Large Pleural effusion
⩥Percussion- dullness. Answer: (liver)
Lobar PNA
⩥Percussion: resonance. Answer: (Lung)
simple chronic bronchitis
⩥Percussion: hyperresonance. Answer: None
-emphysema, pneumothorax
