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The nurse is observing the auscultation technique of another nurse. The correct method to use when progressing from one auscultatory site on the thorax to another is _______ comparison.
 
  a. Side-to-side
  b. Top-to-bottom
  c. Posterior-to-anterior
  d. Interspace-by-interspace

Question 2

When assessing tactile fremitus, the nurse recalls that it is normal to feel tactile fremitus most intensely over which location?
 
  a. Between the scapulae
  b. Third intercostal space, MCL
  c. Fifth intercostal space, midaxillary line (MAL)
  d. Over the lower lobes, posterior side


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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Side-to-side comparison is most important when auscultating the chest. The nurse should listen to at least one full respiration in each location. The other techniques are not correct.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Normally, fremitus is most prominent between the scapulae and around the sternum. These sites are where the major bronchi are closest to the chest wall. Fremitus normally decreases as one progresses down the chest because more tissue impedes sound transmission.


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