Blocked airflow is... - Answers--characterized by adventitious sound that is high-pitched
and continues on auscultation
Differentiate between bradypnea and hypoventilation - Answers--bradypnea: slow,
regular rhythm
-hypoventilation: slow, irregular rhythm
Differentiate between tachypnea and hyperventilation - Answers--tachypnea: fast,
regular rhythm, rapid over 20 rpm, shallow
-hyperventilation: fast, deep
How do you assess for bronchophony, egophony, and whispered pectoriloguy? -
Answers--auscultation with a stethoscope
How many lobes in the lungs? - Answers--right lung: 3 lobes
-left lung: 2 lobes
If a patient has bilateral pneumonia and the lungs are filled with fluid, upon auscultation
using bronchophony... - Answers--you will hear sounds that are loud and clear
bilaterally
Orange peel appearance on skin of the breast is a sign of what? - Answers--cancer or
malignancy
Patient with lobar pneumonia (one or two lobes are involved) what type of adventitious
sound will you hear upon auscultation? - Answers--crackles
Upon lung auscultation, the nurse listens close to the sternal border and hears medium
pitched sound with equal inspiration and expiration, what do you call this normal breath
sound? - Answers--bronchovesicular
What are intraductal papillomas? - Answers--most common cause of benign nipple
discharge in post-menopausal clients.
-this discharge can be serous (clear), serous-sanguineous (clear/bloody), or
sanguineous (bloody)
What are the 2 phases of respiration? - Answers--inspiration: active phase
-expiration: passive phase
What are the normal breath sounds upon auscultation? - Answers--tracheal
-bronchial
-broncho-vesicular
-vesicular