A patient's laboratory data reveal an elevated thyroxine (T4) level. What gland should the nurse assess?

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

The nurse suspects that a patient has hyperthyroidism, and the laboratory data indicate that the patient's T4 and T3 hormone levels are elevated. Which of these findings would the nurse most likely find on examination?

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

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

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?

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

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:

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:

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