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NR 302 EXAM 3 LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
||BRANDNEW!!!||
A client reports white or clear sputum. Which conditions is this
most commonly associated with?
a) Bacterial infection
b) Pulmonary edema
c) Viral infection, cold, or bronchitis
d) Lung cancer - ANSWER-c) Viral infection, cold, or bronchitis
A client presents with yellow or green sputum. What is the most
likely cause?
a) Viral infection
b) Smoking
c) Pulmonary edema
d) Bacterial infection - ANSWER-d) Bacterial infection
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A client's sputum is described as rust-colored. Which conditions
should the nurse suspect?
a) Viral bronchitis
b) Tuberculosis or pneumonia
c) Pulmonary edema
d) Lung cancer - ANSWER-b) Tuberculosis or pneumonia
Bright red sputum may indicate which of the following?
a) Possible lung cancer
b) Pulmonary edema
c) Viral infection
d) Old blood from healed lesions - ANSWER-a) Possible lung
cancer
A client has frothy pink sputum. Which condition is most likely?
a) Viral infection
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b) Pulmonary edema or medication side effects
c) Bacterial infection
d) Smoking-related bronchitis - ANSWER-b) Pulmonary edema or
medication side effects
Brown sputum is most often seen in which clients?
a) Smokers or old blood from previous lung injury
b) Pulmonary edema
c) TB
d) Viral infection - ANSWER-a) Smokers or old blood from
previous lung injury
During palpation of the chest, the nurse checks for respiratory
expansion. What is the expected finding?
a) Expansion should be unequal and asymmetric
b) Expansion should be equal and symmetric
c) Expansion is not assessed during palpation
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d) Expansion is only assessed in infants - ANSWER-b) Expansion
should be equal and symmetric
A nurse is assessing tactile fremitus. Which technique is correct?
a) Ask the client to breathe quietly while palpating
b) Use fingertips and press randomly on the chest
c) Use the ulnar side of the hands or palms, place on both sides
of the chest, and have the client say a phrase like "blue moon"
d) Listen only over the posterior thorax - ANSWER-c) Use the
ulnar side of the hands or palms, place on both sides of the chest,
and have the client say a phrase like "blue moon"
A client has increased tactile fremitus on one side. What does this
most likely indicate?
a) Normal lung tissue
b) Barrel chest
c) COPD
NR 302 EXAM 3 LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
||BRANDNEW!!!||
A client reports white or clear sputum. Which conditions is this
most commonly associated with?
a) Bacterial infection
b) Pulmonary edema
c) Viral infection, cold, or bronchitis
d) Lung cancer - ANSWER-c) Viral infection, cold, or bronchitis
A client presents with yellow or green sputum. What is the most
likely cause?
a) Viral infection
b) Smoking
c) Pulmonary edema
d) Bacterial infection - ANSWER-d) Bacterial infection
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A client's sputum is described as rust-colored. Which conditions
should the nurse suspect?
a) Viral bronchitis
b) Tuberculosis or pneumonia
c) Pulmonary edema
d) Lung cancer - ANSWER-b) Tuberculosis or pneumonia
Bright red sputum may indicate which of the following?
a) Possible lung cancer
b) Pulmonary edema
c) Viral infection
d) Old blood from healed lesions - ANSWER-a) Possible lung
cancer
A client has frothy pink sputum. Which condition is most likely?
a) Viral infection
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b) Pulmonary edema or medication side effects
c) Bacterial infection
d) Smoking-related bronchitis - ANSWER-b) Pulmonary edema or
medication side effects
Brown sputum is most often seen in which clients?
a) Smokers or old blood from previous lung injury
b) Pulmonary edema
c) TB
d) Viral infection - ANSWER-a) Smokers or old blood from
previous lung injury
During palpation of the chest, the nurse checks for respiratory
expansion. What is the expected finding?
a) Expansion should be unequal and asymmetric
b) Expansion should be equal and symmetric
c) Expansion is not assessed during palpation
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d) Expansion is only assessed in infants - ANSWER-b) Expansion
should be equal and symmetric
A nurse is assessing tactile fremitus. Which technique is correct?
a) Ask the client to breathe quietly while palpating
b) Use fingertips and press randomly on the chest
c) Use the ulnar side of the hands or palms, place on both sides
of the chest, and have the client say a phrase like "blue moon"
d) Listen only over the posterior thorax - ANSWER-c) Use the
ulnar side of the hands or palms, place on both sides of the chest,
and have the client say a phrase like "blue moon"
A client has increased tactile fremitus on one side. What does this
most likely indicate?
a) Normal lung tissue
b) Barrel chest
c) COPD
