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A patient's feet appear to be edematous, so the nurse first
 
  1. Charts, Patient's feet appear to be swollen.
  2. Percusses the tissue that appears edematous.
  3. Applies pressure over a bony prominence of the foot for 2 seconds.
  4. Elevates the patient's feet on a pillow to decrease swelling.

Question 2

A stable male patient, who was just admitted for left-lower-lobe pneumonia, tells the nurse that his cough is nonproductive. When assessing the patient's breath sounds, the nurse suspects consolidation when, over the left lower lobe, she detects
 
  1. Rales.
  2. Absent breath sounds.
  3. Stridor.
  4. Rhonchi.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: 3

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 2



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