A client presents to the walk-in clinic complaining of a dry, irritating cough and production of a minute amount of mucus-like sputum
The patient complains of soreness in her chest in the sternal area. What would the nurse suspect is the diagnosis of this patient?
A) Lung cancer
B) Empyema
C) Tracheobronchitis
D) Tuberculosis
Ans: C
Feedback: Initially, the patient was tracheobronchitis has a dry, irritating cough and expectorates a scant amount of mucoid sputum. The patient may report sternal soreness from coughing and have fever or chills, night sweats, headache, and general malaise. As the infection progresses, the patient may be short of breath, have noisy inspiration and expiration (inspiratory stridor and expiratory wheeze), and produce purulent (pus-filled) sputum.
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