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

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

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:

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 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

The nurse is observing the auscultation technique of a student nurse. What is the correct method to use when progressing from one auscultatory site on the thorax to another?

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?

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

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.

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 patient says that she has recently noticed a lump in the front of her neck below her "Adam's apple" that seems to be getting bigger. During the assessment, what finding would lead the nurse to suspect that this may not be a cancerous thyroid nodule?