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HCHenry

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The nurse is aware that coarse crackles, sonorous and sibilant wheezes, pleural friction rub, and stridor are examples of which type of breath sounds?
 
  a. adventitious c. bronchialvesicular
  b. bronchial d. vesicular

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A client is to be weighed on a sling scale. When should the scale be calibrated to zero?
 
  a. before the sling is applied
  b. when the legs of the scale are underneath the bed
  c. after the sling is hooked onto the scale
  d. when the sling is off the bed



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Answer to Question 1

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Adventitious breath sounds include fine or coarse crackles, sonorous and sibilant wheezes, pleural friction rub, and stridor; these are abnormal breath sounds present in various respiratory conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or tuberculosis.

Answer to Question 2

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A sling scale should be calibrated when the legs of the scale are under the bed, are open, and are in the locked position.




HCHenry

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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


AmberC1996

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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