The nurse is assessing the client. The nurse hears low-pitched, continuous respiratory sounds that have a snoring quality while auscultating the client's lungs. The nurse would correctly document these findings as which of the following?
1. Rales
2. Crackles
3. Rhonchi
4. Wheezes
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Rationale 1: Rales are intermittent, non-musical brief sounds.
Rationale 2: Coarser and louder rales are referred to as crackles.
Rationale 3: There are two types of continuous respiratory sounds that may be heard during the respiratory cycle. Rhonchi are low-pitched and have a snoring quality.
Rationale 4: There are two types of continuous respiratory sounds that may be heard during the respiratory cycle. Wheezes are high-pitched with a shrill quality.
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