The nurse, assessing a client's breath sounds, has the stethoscope placed over the second intercostal space next to the sternum. The sound the nurse is most likely going to hear would be:
1. vesicular.
2. bronchovesicular.
3. bronchial.
4. absent.
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Bronchovesicular breath sounds are loud and harsh and are most likely heard over the trachea. Vesicular breath sounds can be heard anywhere over the lung fields. Bronchial sounds are only normally heard over the trachea. They are loud and harsh in quality, high-pitched, and sound hollow. Absent breath sounds can also be heard throughout the lung fields.
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