NURS1213 respiratory| 2025/2026 Update |
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What are some sounds you will hear while percussing?
Flatness, dullness, resonance, hyperresonance, tympany
soft intensity, high pitch, short duration
anterior ribcage
posterior rib acge
What are some questions that are important to ask during a respiratory interview?
- common concerns
- history of respiratory illness
- smoking history
- Allergies and exposure to respiratory irritants
What are some DOH that would effect?
- Physical environment
- Employemnt conditon s
- Biology and genetics
- culture
- personal health practices and coping skills
- social envronment asnd support networks
- eduction
- Socioeconomic status
, What inspections would you do for respiratory?
- inspect nares, lips and nail beds
- Rate, rhythm, pattern and depth of respirations
- clients posture, ease of respiration
- observe facial expression, ability to converse
- observe chest expansion for symmetry, use of accessory muscle, buldging, indrawing
- listen for audible respiratory sounds
What are we assessing when we inspect anterior/ posterior thorax?
- Size and shape (AP diameter vs, transverse diameter)
> should be 1:2 for diameter
- Sternum, trachea midline
- Slope of ribs, prominence of ribs
- symmetry
- skin integrity and color
- superficial venous patterns
some respiratory problems (diagram)
top left picture is cyanosis
top right is barrel caged
bottom left trachea is messed
Questions and Answers | Verified 100% Correct
What are some sounds you will hear while percussing?
Flatness, dullness, resonance, hyperresonance, tympany
soft intensity, high pitch, short duration
anterior ribcage
posterior rib acge
What are some questions that are important to ask during a respiratory interview?
- common concerns
- history of respiratory illness
- smoking history
- Allergies and exposure to respiratory irritants
What are some DOH that would effect?
- Physical environment
- Employemnt conditon s
- Biology and genetics
- culture
- personal health practices and coping skills
- social envronment asnd support networks
- eduction
- Socioeconomic status
, What inspections would you do for respiratory?
- inspect nares, lips and nail beds
- Rate, rhythm, pattern and depth of respirations
- clients posture, ease of respiration
- observe facial expression, ability to converse
- observe chest expansion for symmetry, use of accessory muscle, buldging, indrawing
- listen for audible respiratory sounds
What are we assessing when we inspect anterior/ posterior thorax?
- Size and shape (AP diameter vs, transverse diameter)
> should be 1:2 for diameter
- Sternum, trachea midline
- Slope of ribs, prominence of ribs
- symmetry
- skin integrity and color
- superficial venous patterns
some respiratory problems (diagram)
top left picture is cyanosis
top right is barrel caged
bottom left trachea is messed
