A nurse is preparing to auscultate an adult patient's lungs. To hear bronchial breath sounds, the nurse should place the stethoscope on the patient's:
A) Lungs
B) Manubrium
C) First intercostal space
D) Scapulae
Feedback: Bronchial sounds are heard over the manubrium. Vesicular breath sounds are best heard over most of both lungs. Bronchovesicular sounds are heard in the first and second intercostal spaces and between the scapulae.
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