A nurse is examining a patient and finds a lesion that is a linear arrangement along a unilateral nerve route. The nurse would document this finding as

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?

During a cardiac assessment of a client you observed jugular vein distension, and auscultated $3 gallop heart sound. These findings most likely suggest which of the following conditions?

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

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

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

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?

The nurse just noted from the medical record that the patient has a lesion that is confluent in nature. On examination, the nurse expects to find:

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.

The nurse has discovered decreased skin turgor in a patient and knows that this finding is expected in which condition?

Mrs. Helms is sitting on the side of the bed, leaning forward, with her arms on the bedside table. What would this indicate to you?