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

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

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 palpation of the anterior chest wall, the nurse notices a coarse, crackling sensation over the skin surface. On the basis of these findings, the nurse suspects:

A nurse is assessing a client who has chronic respiratory insufficiency. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect to find because of the long- term inadequate tissue perfusion?

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?

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

In assessing a patient's major risk factors for heart disease, which would the nurse want to include when taking a history?

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

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: