The Nurse Completes a Shift Assessment on a Patient Admitted

question 16

Multiple Choice

The nurse completes a shift assessment on a patient admitted in the early phase of heart failure.When auscultating the patient's lungs,which finding would the nurse most likely hear?

• A) Continuous rumbling, snoring, or rattling sounds mainly on expiration
• B) Continuous high-pitched musical sounds on inspiration and expiration
• C) Discontinuous, high-pitched sounds of short duration heard on inspiration
• D) A series of long-duration, discontinuous, low-pitched sounds during inspiration

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