(answered) Assessment & Reasoning Respiratory System; John Franklin, 35 years Old

Assessment & ReasoningRespiratory System John Franklin, 35 years old Suggested Respiratory Nursing Assessment Skills to Be Demonstrated: • Inspection: Inspect thorax for symmetry and configuration- Check to see if he if using accessory muscles or if breathing is labored. • • Palpation: Palpate over anterior and posterior chest for any lump, masses, tenderness & crepitus • • Percussion: Percuss over posterior to check for tactile fremitus • • Auscultation: • Auscultate all lung fields • Make Learning Active! Present Problem: John Franklin is a 35-year-old African American male who has a history of hypertension and asthma who smokes ½ ppd since the age of eighteen. He began to feel more short of breath after supper today and began to have a persistent nonproductive cough. He ran out of his albuterol inhaler two months ago and has audible expiratory wheezing when he comes to the triage window of the emergency department (ED). John is promptly brought to a room in the ED and you are the nurse responsible for his care. What data from the present problem are RELEVANT and must be interpreted as clinically significant by the nurse? (Reduction of Risk Potential) RELEVANT Data from Present Problem: C