Ch 5

Sound is the result of rubbing of two inflamed pleural surfaces

• pleuritit

• crackles

• wheezes

• Strider

While performing an assessment of a client who sustained a chest injury, which physical examination technique should the nurse use to elict crepitus?

• palpation

• Auscultation

• percussion

• Inspection

The nurse percusses the lungs of a patient with pneumonia. What percussion note would the nurse expect to documen?

• dullness

• hyperresonance

• tympany

• flatness

Adventitious sounds related to atelectasis and pulmonary edema are first evident when auscultating what area of the respiratory system?

• Bronchi

• Bases

• Apices

• Trachea

After percussing a client's lung fields the nurse suspects a client has a chronic lung disease. What sound did the nurse hear to make this clinical determination?

• flat

• dull

• resonance

• hyperresonance