HESI / Final Exam: NUR101 / NUR
101(Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Guide with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A – Fortis
Question:
what is the significance of dullness on percussion?
Answer:
consolidation.
could indicate fluid, tumor or infection.
Question:
the nurse percussions over a patient with pneumonia. percussion over an atelectasis in the lungs would reveal?
Answer:
dullness
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Question:
dead space where no gas exchange occurs
Answer:
trachea and bronchi
Question:
which lung has 3 lobes
Answer:
right
Question:
asthma
Answer:
narrowing of the airways resulting in shortness of breath, weeping on expiration, sometimes inspiration, coughing and labored breathing.
Question:
alveoli
Answer:
tiny sacs-like air spaces in the lung where carbon dioxide and oxygen are exchanged.
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Question:
emphysema
Answer:
chronic lung condition where there is permanent damage to alveoli.hyperinflated because air is stuck in alveoli. barrel chest with pursed lip breathing. clubbing may be seen due to chronic hypoxia.
Question:
pneumonia
Answer:
consolidation in the lungs. alveoli fill with fluid, bacteria. patient will have crackle lung sounds.
Question:
pneumothorax
Answer:
trapped air in pleural space. a large part of the lung or complete lung collapse can result in unequal chest expansion. may hear hyper resonance.
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Question:
surfactant
Answer:
fluid in alveoli that reduce surface tension of pulmonary fluids. helps prevent alveoli from collapsing.
Question:
palptation techniques for respiratory system
Answer:
tactile fremitus, crepitus (subcutaneous emphysema), lung expansion.
Question:
palpitation of tactile fremitus
Answer:
place hands over the lung fields, have client say "99". assess low, mid and high thorax for symmetry.
*increased fremitus with thick secretions in central airways.*
*increased fremitus with pneumonia.*
*decreased fremitus as you move away from the midline.*
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