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WhattoUnderstand · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

When assessing lung sounds, the nurse places the stethoscope over the upper sternum and hears medium-pitched sounds equally on inspiration and expiration. These sound would be considered:

a. bronchial sounds. c. upper airway sounds.
b. vesicular sound. d. bronchovesicular sounds.

Question 2

The nurse would document dry, high-pitched popping sounds heard in the base of the lungs that sounds like hair being rubbed between fingers as being:

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