NUR 2204 Final
Potential Questions
with complete verified
solutions already
graded A+
How many lobes in R lung vs. L lung? - answer R= 3
L=2
Where do you examine the RML? - answer You need to raise the patient's
right arm; it is in the axillary region.
Technique for auscultating lungs - answer Use diaphragm and listen for 1 full
inspiration and expiration
Go over and down
AP and Lateral diameter of chest; these terms are indicated like this: -
answer A patient has a (depth oc f chest) diameter of seven inches and a
(width of chest) diameter of fourteen inches. This finding is NORMAL 1:2
ratio: so width of chest should be DOUBLE the depth of the chest..... you can
also say: the width (transverse) diameter of the chest to the depth of the
chest is 2:1
What is heard over a pneumothorax? - answer no lung sounds
How should the patient breathe when you are auscultating the lungs? -
answer Through mouth
, How are the intercostal spaces numbered in relation to the ribs? - answer
Space is named for rib above it. Eg. intercostal space 1 is under rib 1...
How do you calculate smoking history in pack-years? - answer Packs per day
x years smoked
How do you assess the lung sounds? - answer one side to the other side and
compare as you go down...
How do you assess chest expansion? - answer HANDS on POSTERIOR RIB
MARGIN as patient breaths in or HANDS on ANTERIOR RIB MARGIN as patient
breaths in; your hands separate with the SYMMETRICAL expansion of the
chest.
As patient ages, thoracic compliance/elasticity... - answer decreases
When a patient tells you that at work there are toxic inhalants-what is the
important question to ask? - answer Ask if the patient wears a mask in the
occupational environment
How does tactile fremitus feel over an area of pneumonia? - answer
increased
What sound is heard over an area of pneumonia? - answer CRACKLES
indicating FLUID in lungs
Toddlers abdomen and chest - answer normally have protuberant abdomen,
abdominal breathing and they have AP equal to transverse diameter of
chest.
Potential Questions
with complete verified
solutions already
graded A+
How many lobes in R lung vs. L lung? - answer R= 3
L=2
Where do you examine the RML? - answer You need to raise the patient's
right arm; it is in the axillary region.
Technique for auscultating lungs - answer Use diaphragm and listen for 1 full
inspiration and expiration
Go over and down
AP and Lateral diameter of chest; these terms are indicated like this: -
answer A patient has a (depth oc f chest) diameter of seven inches and a
(width of chest) diameter of fourteen inches. This finding is NORMAL 1:2
ratio: so width of chest should be DOUBLE the depth of the chest..... you can
also say: the width (transverse) diameter of the chest to the depth of the
chest is 2:1
What is heard over a pneumothorax? - answer no lung sounds
How should the patient breathe when you are auscultating the lungs? -
answer Through mouth
, How are the intercostal spaces numbered in relation to the ribs? - answer
Space is named for rib above it. Eg. intercostal space 1 is under rib 1...
How do you calculate smoking history in pack-years? - answer Packs per day
x years smoked
How do you assess the lung sounds? - answer one side to the other side and
compare as you go down...
How do you assess chest expansion? - answer HANDS on POSTERIOR RIB
MARGIN as patient breaths in or HANDS on ANTERIOR RIB MARGIN as patient
breaths in; your hands separate with the SYMMETRICAL expansion of the
chest.
As patient ages, thoracic compliance/elasticity... - answer decreases
When a patient tells you that at work there are toxic inhalants-what is the
important question to ask? - answer Ask if the patient wears a mask in the
occupational environment
How does tactile fremitus feel over an area of pneumonia? - answer
increased
What sound is heard over an area of pneumonia? - answer CRACKLES
indicating FLUID in lungs
Toddlers abdomen and chest - answer normally have protuberant abdomen,
abdominal breathing and they have AP equal to transverse diameter of
chest.
