Author Question: The nurse is auscultating the patient's lungs and notes normal vesicular sounds as being which of ... (Read 85 times)

scienceeasy · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse is auscultating the patient's lungs and notes normal vesicular sounds as being which of the following?

a. Medium-pitched blowing sounds with inspiration equalling expiration
b. Loud, high-pitched, hollow sounds with expiration longer than inspiration
c. Soft, breezy, low-pitched sounds with longer inspiration
d. Sounds created by air moving through small airways

Question 2

The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion identified which of the following as a prerequisite for health?

a. Education
b. Social support
c. Self-esteem
d. Physical environment

dellikani2015 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C

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A Medium-pitched blowing sounds with inspiration equalling expiration are bronchovesicular breath sounds.
B Loud, high-pitched, hollow sounds with longer expiration are bronchial breath sounds.
C Normal vesicular sounds are soft, breezy, and low-pitched. The inspiratory phase is three times longer than the expiratory phase.
D Vesicular sounds are created by air moving through smaller airways. Abnormal breath sounds result from air passing through narrowed airways.

Answer to Question 2

A

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A Education is one of the nine prerequisites for health that were identified in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.
B Lack of social support was identified as a psychosocial risk factor by Labonte (1993).
C Low self-esteem was identified as a psychosocial risk factor by Labonte (1993).
D Dangerous physical environments were identified as socioenvironmental risk conditions by Labonte (1993).