NSG 6020 MIDTERM WITH CORRECT AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS YEAR 2024/2025
What age does bronchiolitis occur? - verified answers-most
common at age 6 months- does not occur after age 2
main symptom of bronchiolitis - verified answers-wheezing-
lasts about 7 days
most common cause of bronchiolitis - verified answers-RSV
Treatment for bronchiolitis - verified answers-No specific
treatment
Order of lung exam - verified answers-inspect, palpate,
percuss, auscultate
Pectus Excavatum - verified answers-congenital posterior
displacement of lower aspect of sternum
-hollowed-out appearance
-concave appearance of lower sternum
Pectus carinatum - verified answers-at birth
-post CABG
mid childhood and 11-14 year old pubertal males undergoing a
growth spurt
-convex deformity
-97% have MVP
Barrel Chest - verified answers-associated with emphysema
and lung hyperinflation
-accompanying x-ray demonstrates increased ant-post
diameter as well as diaphragmatic flattening
Tactile fremitus - verified answers-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 - verified answers-(thigh)
Large Pleural effusion
Percussion- dullness - verified answers-(liver)
Lobar PNA
Percussion: resonance - verified answers-(Lung)
simple chronic bronchitis
Percussion: hyperresonance - verified answers-None
-emphysema, pneumothorax
Percussion: tympany - verified answers-(gastric bubble)
-large pneumothorax
Auscultation: vesicular - verified answers-soft and low pitched;
usually heard over most of both lungs
Auscultation: bronchial - verified answers-louder and higher in
pitch; usually heard over the manubrium
Auscultation: bronchovesicular - verified answers-intermediate
intensity and pitch; usually heard over the 1st and 2nd
interspaces
Auscultation: tracheal - verified answers-over the trachea and
neck, very loud
Rhonchi - verified answers-low-pitched snore-like sounds, often
characterized by secretions w/in the large airways
-sometimes cleared with a cough
VERIFIED ANSWERS YEAR 2024/2025
What age does bronchiolitis occur? - verified answers-most
common at age 6 months- does not occur after age 2
main symptom of bronchiolitis - verified answers-wheezing-
lasts about 7 days
most common cause of bronchiolitis - verified answers-RSV
Treatment for bronchiolitis - verified answers-No specific
treatment
Order of lung exam - verified answers-inspect, palpate,
percuss, auscultate
Pectus Excavatum - verified answers-congenital posterior
displacement of lower aspect of sternum
-hollowed-out appearance
-concave appearance of lower sternum
Pectus carinatum - verified answers-at birth
-post CABG
mid childhood and 11-14 year old pubertal males undergoing a
growth spurt
-convex deformity
-97% have MVP
Barrel Chest - verified answers-associated with emphysema
and lung hyperinflation
-accompanying x-ray demonstrates increased ant-post
diameter as well as diaphragmatic flattening
Tactile fremitus - verified answers-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 - verified answers-(thigh)
Large Pleural effusion
Percussion- dullness - verified answers-(liver)
Lobar PNA
Percussion: resonance - verified answers-(Lung)
simple chronic bronchitis
Percussion: hyperresonance - verified answers-None
-emphysema, pneumothorax
Percussion: tympany - verified answers-(gastric bubble)
-large pneumothorax
Auscultation: vesicular - verified answers-soft and low pitched;
usually heard over most of both lungs
Auscultation: bronchial - verified answers-louder and higher in
pitch; usually heard over the manubrium
Auscultation: bronchovesicular - verified answers-intermediate
intensity and pitch; usually heard over the 1st and 2nd
interspaces
Auscultation: tracheal - verified answers-over the trachea and
neck, very loud
Rhonchi - verified answers-low-pitched snore-like sounds, often
characterized by secretions w/in the large airways
-sometimes cleared with a cough
