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Health Assessment | Questions and Verified
Answers | 100% Correct | Graded A Wilkes
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A palpable vibration C. Fremitus (key term is "palpable"
increased with lobar
pneumonia is also known
as:
A. Rhonchi
B. Resonance
C. Fremitus
D. Crackles
Your patient is exhibiting B. tachypnea
rapid shallow breathing,
with a respiratory rate >24
respirations per minute.
Which of the following
conditions are they
experiencing?
A. hypoxemia
B. tachypnea
C. fremitus
D. resonance
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Increased tactile fremitus B. pneumonia
would be evident in an
individual who has which Fremitus is a palpable vibration. Increased fremitus
of the following occurs with compression or consolidation of lung
conditions? tissue (ex. lobar pneumonia)
A. emphysema
B. pneumonia
C. crepitus
D. pneumothorax
Which of the following C. hypoxemia
terms is used to describe
a decreased level of
oxygen (O2) in the blood?
A. anemia
B. hypercapnia
C. hypoxemia
D. emphysema
The nurse is assessing a D. crepitus
patient who has
emphysema. They note a
course, crackling
sensation that is palpable
over the skin surface. This
is known as:
A. hypoxemia
b. crackles
C. fremitus
D. crepitus
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Upon receiving the B. hypercapnia
patient's lab results, the
nurse notes the patient
has an increased level of
carbon dioxide in the
blood. Which of the
following conditions
would the patient be
experiencing?
A. resonance
B. hypercapnia
C. fremitus
D. tachypnea
The nurse is auscultating a C. crackles
patient's lungs and hears
discontinuous, high-
pitched, short, popping
sounds heard during
inspiration, and not
cleared by coughing.
These are described as:
A. bradypnea
B. rhonchi
C. crackles
D. wheezing
The nurse is assessing a A. resonance
patient's lungs by using
the percussion technique.
Which sound would the
nurse expect to hear over
healthy lung tissue?
A. resonance
B. orthopnea
C. crackles
D. tachypnea
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A clinical manifestation B. pursed lip breathing
common in an individual
with chronic obstructive An individual with COPD may purse the lips in a
pulmonary disease whistling position. By exhaling slowly and against a
(COPD) is: narrow opening, the pressure in the bronchial tree
A. periodic breathing remains positive, and fewer airways collapse.
patterns
B. pursed lip breathing
C. unequal chest
expansion
D. hyperventilation
Which of the following are A. supplying oxygen to the body for energy
functions of the production
respiratory system? B. removing carbon dioxide as a waste product
(Select all that apply) D. maintaining acid-base balance
A. supplying oxygen to E. maintenance of heat exchange
the body for energy
production
B. removing carbon
dioxide as a waste
product
C. wound repair
D. maintaining acid-base
balance
E. maintenance of heat
exchange
F. identification
Stridor is a high pitched, A. upper airway obstruction
inspiratory crowing sound
commonly associated Stridor is associated with upper airway obstruction
with: from swollen, inflamed tissues or a lodged foreign
A. upper airway body.
obstruction
B. atelectasis
C. congestive heart failure
D. Pneumothorax
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Health Assessment | Questions and Verified
Answers | 100% Correct | Graded A Wilkes
Terms in this set (86)
A palpable vibration C. Fremitus (key term is "palpable"
increased with lobar
pneumonia is also known
as:
A. Rhonchi
B. Resonance
C. Fremitus
D. Crackles
Your patient is exhibiting B. tachypnea
rapid shallow breathing,
with a respiratory rate >24
respirations per minute.
Which of the following
conditions are they
experiencing?
A. hypoxemia
B. tachypnea
C. fremitus
D. resonance
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Increased tactile fremitus B. pneumonia
would be evident in an
individual who has which Fremitus is a palpable vibration. Increased fremitus
of the following occurs with compression or consolidation of lung
conditions? tissue (ex. lobar pneumonia)
A. emphysema
B. pneumonia
C. crepitus
D. pneumothorax
Which of the following C. hypoxemia
terms is used to describe
a decreased level of
oxygen (O2) in the blood?
A. anemia
B. hypercapnia
C. hypoxemia
D. emphysema
The nurse is assessing a D. crepitus
patient who has
emphysema. They note a
course, crackling
sensation that is palpable
over the skin surface. This
is known as:
A. hypoxemia
b. crackles
C. fremitus
D. crepitus
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Upon receiving the B. hypercapnia
patient's lab results, the
nurse notes the patient
has an increased level of
carbon dioxide in the
blood. Which of the
following conditions
would the patient be
experiencing?
A. resonance
B. hypercapnia
C. fremitus
D. tachypnea
The nurse is auscultating a C. crackles
patient's lungs and hears
discontinuous, high-
pitched, short, popping
sounds heard during
inspiration, and not
cleared by coughing.
These are described as:
A. bradypnea
B. rhonchi
C. crackles
D. wheezing
The nurse is assessing a A. resonance
patient's lungs by using
the percussion technique.
Which sound would the
nurse expect to hear over
healthy lung tissue?
A. resonance
B. orthopnea
C. crackles
D. tachypnea
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A clinical manifestation B. pursed lip breathing
common in an individual
with chronic obstructive An individual with COPD may purse the lips in a
pulmonary disease whistling position. By exhaling slowly and against a
(COPD) is: narrow opening, the pressure in the bronchial tree
A. periodic breathing remains positive, and fewer airways collapse.
patterns
B. pursed lip breathing
C. unequal chest
expansion
D. hyperventilation
Which of the following are A. supplying oxygen to the body for energy
functions of the production
respiratory system? B. removing carbon dioxide as a waste product
(Select all that apply) D. maintaining acid-base balance
A. supplying oxygen to E. maintenance of heat exchange
the body for energy
production
B. removing carbon
dioxide as a waste
product
C. wound repair
D. maintaining acid-base
balance
E. maintenance of heat
exchange
F. identification
Stridor is a high pitched, A. upper airway obstruction
inspiratory crowing sound
commonly associated Stridor is associated with upper airway obstruction
with: from swollen, inflamed tissues or a lodged foreign
A. upper airway body.
obstruction
B. atelectasis
C. congestive heart failure
D. Pneumothorax
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