During an Assessment, the Nurse Knows That Expected Assessment Findings

question 11

Multiple Choice

During an assessment, the nurse knows that expected assessment findings in the normal adult lung include the presence of:

• A)Adventitious sounds and limited chest expansion.
• B)Increased tactile fremitus and dull percussion tones.
• C)Muffled voice sounds and symmetrical tactile fremitus.
• D)Absent voice sounds and hyper-resonant percussion tones.

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