A Patient Is Admitted with Acute Pericarditis

question 45

Multiple Choice

A patient is admitted with acute pericarditis. When auscultating heart sounds, the nurse should ask the patient to do which of the following?

• A)Sit, lean forward, and auscultate at the left lower sternal border.
• B)Lay supine and breathe quietly while auscultating for expiratory wheezes.
• C)Sit upright and auscultate the outer aspects of the upper lobes for vesicular breath sounds.
• D)Sit, lean forward, and auscultate at the second right intercostal space, near the sternal border.

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