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ARLKQ

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A client is diagnosed with a large pneumothorax. The percussion note the nurse would expect to find is:
 
  1. dullness.
  2. flatness.
  3. resonant.
  4. tympany.

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing an increase in cardiac contractility. Which of the following will decrease contractility and reduce myocardial oxygen demand for this client?
 
  1. Administer Primacor as prescribed.
  2. Administer Digoxin as prescribed.
  3. Administer beta-blocker as prescribed.
  4. Administer potassium chloride as prescribed.



olivia_paige29

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Answer to Question 1

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Air-filled areas have a percussion note of tympany. A resonant note can be elicited by percussing a patient with normal lungs. Flatness is heard over bone and dullness is heard over the organs.

Answer to Question 2

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Medications such as beta-blockers and calcium channel blockers will reduce myocardial oxygen demand, decreasing cardiac contractility. Medications such as Primacor, Digoxin, and potassium chloride will increase cardiac contractility.



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