NP- Physical Assessment test
Crackles / rales - correct answer ✔Fine to coarse bubbly sounds (not cleared
through coughing) as air passes through fluid re-expands collapsed small
airways
Wheezes - correct answer ✔High-pitched whistling, musical sounds as air
passes through narrowed or obstructed airways, usually louder on expiration
Rhonchi - correct answer ✔Coarse, loud, low-pitched rumbling sounds
during either inspiration or expiration resulting from fluid or mucus (can clear
with coughing)
Pleural friction rub - correct answer ✔Dry, grating or rubbing sound as the
inflamed visceral and parietal pleura rub against each other during inspiration
or expiration
Stridor - correct answer ✔High-pitched, turbulent that can happen when a
child inhales or exhales. Usually indicates an obstruction or narrowing in the
upper airway outside chest cavity.
Absence of lung sounds - correct answer ✔Collapsed or surgically removed
lobes
Cheif complaint - correct answer ✔Main reason the patient is seeking
attention
Tactics to use when treating children - correct answer ✔Explain before you
touch them, touch extremities before abdomen. Make a kid- friendly
Crackles / rales - correct answer ✔Fine to coarse bubbly sounds (not cleared
through coughing) as air passes through fluid re-expands collapsed small
airways
Wheezes - correct answer ✔High-pitched whistling, musical sounds as air
passes through narrowed or obstructed airways, usually louder on expiration
Rhonchi - correct answer ✔Coarse, loud, low-pitched rumbling sounds
during either inspiration or expiration resulting from fluid or mucus (can clear
with coughing)
Pleural friction rub - correct answer ✔Dry, grating or rubbing sound as the
inflamed visceral and parietal pleura rub against each other during inspiration
or expiration
Stridor - correct answer ✔High-pitched, turbulent that can happen when a
child inhales or exhales. Usually indicates an obstruction or narrowing in the
upper airway outside chest cavity.
Absence of lung sounds - correct answer ✔Collapsed or surgically removed
lobes
Cheif complaint - correct answer ✔Main reason the patient is seeking
attention
Tactics to use when treating children - correct answer ✔Explain before you
touch them, touch extremities before abdomen. Make a kid- friendly
