NSG 6020 Midterm Exam Questions and Answers (100% Pass)

NSG 6020 Midterm Exam Questions and Answers (100% Pass) What age does bronchiolitis occur? - Answer️️ -most common at age 6 months- does not occur after age 2 main symptom of bronchiolitis - Answer️️ -wheezing-lasts about 7 days most common cause of bronchiolitis - Answer️️ -RSV Treatment for bronchiolitis - Answer️️ -No specific treatment Order of lung exam - Answer️️ -inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate Pectus Excavatum - Answer️️ -congenital posterior displacement of lower aspect of sternum -hollowed-out appearance -concave appearance of lower sternum Pectus carinatum - Answer️️ -at birth -post CABG mid childhood and 11-14 year old pubertal males undergoing a growth spurt -convex deformity -97% have MVP Barrel Chest - Answer️️ -associated with emphysema and lung hyperinflation ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Monday, August 19, 2024 12:35 AM Page 2 of 14 -accompanying x-ray demonstrates increased ant-post diameter as well as diaphragmatic flattening Tactile fremitus - Answer️️ -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 - Answer️️ -(thigh) Large Pleural effusion Percussion- dullness - Answer️️ -(liver) Lobar PNA Percussion: resonance - Answer️️ -(Lung) simple chronic bronchitis Percussion: hyperresonance - Answer️️ -None -emphysema, pneumothorax Percussion: tympany - Answer️️ -(gastric bubble) -large pneumothorax Auscultation: vesicular - Answer️️ -soft and low pitched; usually heard over most of both lungs ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Monday, August 19, 2024 12:35 AM Page 3 of 14 Auscultation: bronchial - Answer️️ -louder and higher in pitch; usually heard over the manubrium Auscultation: bronchovesicular - Answer️️ -intermediate intensity and pitch; usually heard over the 1st and 2nd interspaces Auscultation: tracheal - Answer️️ -over the trachea and neck, very loud Rhonchi - Answer️️ -low-pitched snore-like sounds, often characterized by secretions w/in the large airways -sometimes cleared with a cough Wheezes - Answer️️ -continuous, high-pitched, musical, sounds that are produced by air flowing through narrowed bronchi -predominately expiratory stridor - Answer️️ -loud, rough, continuous, high-pitched sound that is pronounced during inspiration -indicates proximal airway obstruction absent/attenuated sounds - Answer️️ -NO airflow to the region being auscultated -can occur in a pneumothorax, hemothorax, pleural ef