The nurse has just completed a lymph node assessment on a healthy 40-year-old female patient. Which of the following is an expected finding?

A nurse in a provider's office is preparing to auscultate and percuss a client’s thorax as part of a comprehensive physical examination. Which of the following are considered normal findings? Select all that apply

During auscultation of the lungs, the nurse expects decreased breath sounds to be heard in which situation?

A nurse in an emergency department (ED) is admitting a client.

Select 4 findings in the client's medical record that place them at risk for pneumonia.

During palpation of the anterior chest wall, the nurse notices a coarse, crackling sensation over the skin surface. On the basis of these findings, the nurse suspects:

When auscultating the lungs of an adult patient, the nurse notes that low-pitched, soft breath sounds are heard over the posterior lower lobes, with inspiration being longer than expiration. The nurse interprets that these sounds are:

The RN is explaining to an elderly client why the skin folds and sags as part of the normal aging process. What is the correct mechanism for this?

Which of the following is the most important muscle in the normal respiratory process of an adult?

During an examination of a female patient, the nurse notes lymphadenopathy and suspects an acute infection. How do acutely infected lymph nodes typically appear?

The nurse percusses a client with COPD and expects to hear:

Skin Assessment

Highlight the abnormal findings that the nurse should be concerned about. Select all that apply.

A 40-year-old woman reports a change in mole size, accompanied by color changes, itching, burning, and bleeding over the past month. She has a dark complexion and has no family history of skin cancer, but she has had many blistering sunburns in the past.