A client is brought to the emergency department by ambulance after being involved in a motor vehicle accident. The nurse finds that he has decreased breath sounds over the left lung fields. What might the nurse suspect is the cause?

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

A nurse is auscultating the aortic area and knows it is in which of the following areas:

The nurse is observing the auscultation technique of a student nurse. What is the correct method to use when progressing from one auscultatory site on the thorax to another?

A client presents with an infection of the forearm and hand. The nurse should expect what lymph nodes to be swollen on assessment:

During an assessment, the nurse knows that expected assessment findings in the normal adult lung include the presence of:

What component of the conduction system is referred to as the pacemaker of the heart?

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?

During an admission assessment, the nurse notices that a male patient has an enlarged and rather thick skull. The nurse suspects acromegaly. What additional finding would the nurse assess for to confirm this suspicion?

A patient's thyroid gland is enlarged, and the nurse is preparing to auscultate the gland for the presence of a bruit. What technique should the nurse use to assess for a bruit?

The nurse is assessing a lesion on a patient and observes a focal loss of epidermis and dermis, a depression extending into the dermis, irregularly shaped, and bleeding. This type of wound is known as a/an