Final PN111 Herzing University EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS.

Final PN111 Herzing University EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

Eupnea means: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔normal breathing


Tachypnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔rapid breathing


bradypnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔slow breathing


orthopnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔difficulty breathing when
lying down


Dyspnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔difficulty breathing


apnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔absence of breathing


What tells you a patient is having difficulty breathing? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Using accessory muscles, nasal flaring, cyanosis,
tripod position


Barrell Chest - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1:1, related to lung
overinflated and increase in A/P diameter
Normal is 1:2

, Angle of Louis (sternal angle) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔What is a
good marker for the 2nd intercostal space?


tracheal bifurcation carina - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔T4 & T5
vertebral junction also why the Angle of Louis is important


costovertebral angle - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔angle formed by
the 12th rib and the vertebral column on the posterior thorax,
overlying the kidney


Fremitus (tactile or vocal) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔palpable
vibration


vesicular breath sounds - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Normal breath
sounds made by air moving in and out of the alveoli.


bronchovesicular breath sounds - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔medium-pitched and quieter sounds normally heard over the
mainstem bronchi


bronchial breath sounds - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔loud, high-
pitched, hollow sounds normally heard over the trachea and the
large bronchi


Egophony - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A change in vocal resonance
in the presence of a lung consolidation condition in which the
transmission of the "eee" sound becomes a nasal "ay" sound.