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

A 92-year-old patient has had a stroke. The right side of his face is drooping. The nurse might also suspect which of these assessment findings?

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

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.

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?

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.

A nurse is performing a lymphatic system assessment on a client reporting fatigue and malaise for one week. In which order should the nurse perform the head to toe assessments? Indicate the correct order from first to last. All options must be used.

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

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?

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

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?