Author Question: When auscultating the lungs, the nurse hears a continuous, low-pitched, musical sound over the ... (Read 78 times)

karateprodigy · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

When auscultating the lungs, the nurse hears a continuous, low-pitched, musical sound over the trachea and bronchi when the patient exhales. The nurse records these sounds as

a. rhonchi c. wheezes
b. crackles d. stridor

Question 2

The metaparadigm of nursing focuses on

a. the person, health, and the environment
b. pathophysiology and the curing of disease
c. physicians, clients, and pathophysiology
d. community, biology, and curing

meganmoser117 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
Rhonchi are heard predominantly on expiration over the trachea and bronchi as a continuous low-pitched musical sound. Crackles are heard predominantly on inspiration as a dry high-pitched crackling or popping sound of short duration. Wheezes are hear predominantly on expiration all over the lungs as a continuous low-pitched snoring or high-pitched musical sound. Stridor is heard predominantly on inspiration as a continuous crowing sound.

Answer to Question 2

A
The major concepts that provide structure to the domain of nursing are person, environment, health, and nursing. The metaparadigm of medicine focuses on the pathophysiology and curing of disease. Nursing's paradigm is broader and focuses on the person, health, and the environment.