NR 302 Final Exam Newest Verified Exam Preparation
With Complete Questions And Correct Detailed
Answers||Newest Exam!!!
What is the term for the added lung sounds that are not
normally heard in the lungs? - Answer-Adventitious
sounds
This adventitious sound is characterized as discontinuous
popping that is heard over inspiration? - Answer-Crackles
(rales)
This adventitious sound is characterized as musical
sounds that are heard mainly over expirations? - Answer-
Wheezes (rhonci)
A nurse is listening to her patients breath sounds, she
hears a harsh, loud high pitched sound by her patients
trachea and larynx area. What kind of breath sound is she
hearing? - Answer-Bronchial (tracheal)
The broncho vesicular breath sound is characterized as a
moderate pitch and amplitude, where is it heard? -
,2|Page
Answer-The upper sternum in 1st and 2nd intercostal
spaces
The vesicular breath sound is heard over the peripheral
lung fields; how would you characterize the noise, pitch
and amplitude? - Answer-Rustling noises, low pitched, soft
amplitude
What is the name of the short, popping cracking noises
that are heard very seldom in a few breaths at a time? -
Answer-ateletactic crackles
When are the crackles heard in atelectatic crackles? -
Answer-alveoli are expanded by deep breaths
What is the term for the collapsed shrunken section of
alveoli, otherwise known as a collapsed lung? - Answer-
Atelectasis
What are the three causes of atelectasis (collapsed lung)?
- Answer-Airway obstruction
Compression in the lung
Lack of surfactant
, 3|Page
Where is the aortic heard sound heard? - Answer-Right
side of 2nd intercostal space
Where is the pulmonic heart sound heard? - Answer-Left
side of the 2nd intercostal space
What heart sound can be heard in the 5th intercostal
space in the midclavicular area? - Answer-Mitral
What heart sound can be found in the 4th intercostal
space? - Answer-Tricuspid
What heart sound can be found in the 3rd intercostal
space? - Answer-Erb's point
A change in diet, exercise and smoking are what _______
risk factors for heart disease. - Answer-Modifiable
The heart condition that the S3 sound signifies what? -
Answer-Ventricular gallop