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Clinical Nursing Skills

Check Your Understanding Questions

Clinical Nursing SkillsCheck Your Understanding Questions

Check Your Understanding Questions

1 .
How can “reference lines” be used when performing a physical assessment of the thorax?
2 .
What is the difference between the visceral and parietal pleura of the lungs and what is their main function in the body?
3 .
You are caring for a patient who reports a cough. What follow-up questions would you ask as part of the subjective assessment?
4 .
What are some of the key differences between respiratory assessment findings in adults versus children?
5 .
What is the difference between agonal breathing, Kussmaul respirations, and apnea?
6 .
What is the major function of the lymphatic system and how is it involved in cancer?
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