NUR 207 Exam 2 Questions And Correct Answers
Harsh, high pitched - Answer The nurse is auscultating over the trachea of her patient.
What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Soft, low pitched - Answer The nurse is auscultating over the vesicular area of her
patient's lungs. What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Loud, high pitched - Answer The nurse is auscultating over the bronchial area of her
patient's lungs. What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched - Answer The nurse is auscultating over the
, bronchovesicular area of her patient's lungs. What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Rales (fine crackles)
Caused by the opening of collapsed or fluid filled alveoli. - Answer The nurse is
performing auscultation on her patient's lungs and hears high pitched, short, fine
crackles upon inspiration that does not clear with coughing. What type of adventitious
breath sound is she hearing?
Course crackles (rales)
Caused by collapsed or fluid-filled alveoli opening. - Answer The nurse auscultates the
lungs of her patient and hears loud, moist, low-pitched, and bubbling sounds at the end
of inspiration that does not clear with coughing. What adventitious breath sound is she
hearing?
Wheezing
Caused by blocked air flow as in asthma, infection, or foreign body obstruction. If
wheezing is heard during inspiration, it is more serious. - Answer The nurse auscultates
the lungs of her patient and hears high-pitched, continuous sounds during inspiration
and expiration. What adventitious breath sound is she hearing?
Sonorous Rhonchi
Caused by fluid-blocked airways. - Answer The nurse auscultates the lungs of her
Harsh, high pitched - Answer The nurse is auscultating over the trachea of her patient.
What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Soft, low pitched - Answer The nurse is auscultating over the vesicular area of her
patient's lungs. What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Loud, high pitched - Answer The nurse is auscultating over the bronchial area of her
patient's lungs. What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched - Answer The nurse is auscultating over the
, bronchovesicular area of her patient's lungs. What quality of sound is she likely to hear?
Harsh, high pitched
Loud, high pitched
Medium loudness/medium pitched
Soft, low pitched
Rales (fine crackles)
Caused by the opening of collapsed or fluid filled alveoli. - Answer The nurse is
performing auscultation on her patient's lungs and hears high pitched, short, fine
crackles upon inspiration that does not clear with coughing. What type of adventitious
breath sound is she hearing?
Course crackles (rales)
Caused by collapsed or fluid-filled alveoli opening. - Answer The nurse auscultates the
lungs of her patient and hears loud, moist, low-pitched, and bubbling sounds at the end
of inspiration that does not clear with coughing. What adventitious breath sound is she
hearing?
Wheezing
Caused by blocked air flow as in asthma, infection, or foreign body obstruction. If
wheezing is heard during inspiration, it is more serious. - Answer The nurse auscultates
the lungs of her patient and hears high-pitched, continuous sounds during inspiration
and expiration. What adventitious breath sound is she hearing?
Sonorous Rhonchi
Caused by fluid-blocked airways. - Answer The nurse auscultates the lungs of her
