Auscultating the lung fields
Question 1
During chest assessment, you note the patient’s voice quality while auscultating the lung fields. The voice sound is intensified, there is a nasal quality to the voice, and the e’s sound like a s. This sound is indicative of:
lung consolidation.
emphysema.
bronchial obstruction.
asthma.
Question 2
To spread the breast tissue evenly over the chest wall, you should ask the woman to lie supine with:
her arms straight alongside of her body.
both arms overhead with palms upward.
her hands clasped just above the umbili-cus.
one arm overhead and a pillow under her shoulder.