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audie

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The home care nurse visits a patient with compromised lung function. She has greenish-yellow sputum with a musty odor. This is indicative of
 
  A) Allergy
  B) Congestive heart failure
  C) Asthma
  D) Infection

Question 2

When the patient demonstrates loud, coarse breath sounds on inspiration, the nurse documents the breath sounds heard as
 
  A) Crackles
  B) Vesicular
  C) Wheezes
  D) Rales



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: D

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A



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