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jman1234

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While performing a focused assessment, a nurse listens to a patient's heart and lung sounds. This is an example of an assessment technique called
 
  1. Palpation.
  2. Inspection.
  3. Percussion.
  4. Auscultation.

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While caring for a newly admitted patient, a registered nurse (RN) gathers information by interviewing the patient to obtain a health history and reviewing the results of laboratory and diagnostic tests.
 
  This step in the nursing process is called
  1. Planning.
  2. Evaluation.
  3. Assessment.
  4. Implementation.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
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Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Gracias!

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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