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During a routine lung assessment, the nurse hears adventitious sounds while auscultating a client’s lungs. Which action should the nurse take first?

A nurse is auscultating a client’s heart sounds. What action should the nurse perform during this assessment?

A 35-year-old African American male with a 20-year history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and smoking is being evaluated for extensive peripheral vascular disease. During the nursing health history, which question would be most important for the nurse to ask to obtain additional assessment data?

A nurse is assessing a patient’s tongue and asks them to stick it out. The tongue deviates to the right side. What does this suggest?

A client presents with chest pain described as a pressure and squeezing sensation that is steady and severe. The nurse would suspect which system as the most likely source?

The nurse would assess for which of the following after noting circumoral cyanosis in a client?

A patient presents to the ER with epiglottitis and a high-pitched inspiratory stridor. What is the most appropriate intervention that the nurse should do first?

A nurse is preparing a health education session for a local community group. When addressing the relationship between coronary artery disease (CAD) and culture, what information would the nurse include?

A client is diagnosed with pulmonary edema. The nurse would most likely assess the sputum color as which of the following?

MARR is defined as the maximum attractive rate of return.