NSG 6020 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
What age does bronchiolitis occur? - ANS most common at age 6 months- does not occur
after age 2
main symptom of bronchiolitis - ANS wheezing-lasts about 7 days
most common cause of bronchiolitis - ANS RSV
Treatment for bronchiolitis - ANS No specific treatment
Order of lung exam - ANS inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate
Pectus Excavatum - ANS congenital posterior displacement of lower aspect of sternum
-hollowed-out appearance
-concave appearance of lower sternum
Pectus carinatum - ANS at birth
-post CABG
mid childhood and 11-14 year old pubertal males undergoing a growth spurt
-convex deformity
-97% have MVP
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, Barrel Chest - ANS associated with emphysema and lung hyperinflation
-accompanying x-ray demonstrates increased ant-post diameter as well as diaphragmatic
flattening
Tactile fremitus - ANS 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 - ANS (thigh)
Large Pleural effusion
Percussion- dullness - ANS (liver)
Lobar PNA
Percussion: resonance - ANS (Lung)
simple chronic bronchitis
Percussion: hyperresonance - ANS None
-emphysema, pneumothorax
Percussion: tympany - ANS (gastric bubble)
-large pneumothorax
Auscultation: vesicular - ANS soft and low pitched; usually heard over most of both lungs
Auscultation: bronchial - ANS louder and higher in pitch; usually heard over the manubrium
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AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
What age does bronchiolitis occur? - ANS most common at age 6 months- does not occur
after age 2
main symptom of bronchiolitis - ANS wheezing-lasts about 7 days
most common cause of bronchiolitis - ANS RSV
Treatment for bronchiolitis - ANS No specific treatment
Order of lung exam - ANS inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate
Pectus Excavatum - ANS congenital posterior displacement of lower aspect of sternum
-hollowed-out appearance
-concave appearance of lower sternum
Pectus carinatum - ANS at birth
-post CABG
mid childhood and 11-14 year old pubertal males undergoing a growth spurt
-convex deformity
-97% have MVP
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, Barrel Chest - ANS associated with emphysema and lung hyperinflation
-accompanying x-ray demonstrates increased ant-post diameter as well as diaphragmatic
flattening
Tactile fremitus - ANS 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 - ANS (thigh)
Large Pleural effusion
Percussion- dullness - ANS (liver)
Lobar PNA
Percussion: resonance - ANS (Lung)
simple chronic bronchitis
Percussion: hyperresonance - ANS None
-emphysema, pneumothorax
Percussion: tympany - ANS (gastric bubble)
-large pneumothorax
Auscultation: vesicular - ANS soft and low pitched; usually heard over most of both lungs
Auscultation: bronchial - ANS louder and higher in pitch; usually heard over the manubrium
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