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?

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

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:

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

A nurse is auscultating heart sounds and hears a murmur. What should be included in the nurse's documentation? Select all that apply.

The nurse palpates a swollen inguinal lymph node. Which assessment should the nurse perform next?

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.

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

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?