lung questions
what descriptive word could the nurse use to describe the sound of coarse crackles?
bubbling
fill-in-the-blank: stridor can occur ____________.
during inspiration or expiration
what kind of patients are the highest risk for experiencing high-pitched wheezes?
a patient with COPD and a patient with asthma
where are fine crackles usually located in the respiratory system?
alveoli and bronchioles
when would the /nurse expect to auscultate coarse crackles during the respiratory cycle?
beginning of inspiration
true or false: a pleural friction rub occurs because the layers around the lungs are known as the tunica adventita pleura and the parietal pleura are inflamed and rubbing against eachother
false
When would the nurse expect to hear rhonchi during auscultation of the lung fields?
mainly on expiration but possibly heard during inspiration as well
how could a nurse describe the sound of a high-pitched wheeze?
musical, whistling
which characteristic is found with a pleural friction rub?
pain with coughing, deep breathing, or laughing
the nurse notes rhonchi. How could the nurse best describe this sound during documentation
snoring
the nurse is educating a patient's parent on how to identify stridor. The nurse asks the parent to verbalize where the sound is mainly located. Which answer by the parent is correct?
throat
which statement below best summarizes why fine crackles are occuring in a patient
when inhaled air enters into small airways that are collapsed, they suddenly explode open leading to a crackling sound
