You are the emergency-department nurse caring for a patient complaining of dyspnea. You assess the patient's chest and hear wheezing throughout the lung fields. What might this indicate?
A) The patient is in bronchospasm.
B) The patient has pneumonia.
C) The patient needs physiotherapy.
D) The patient has a hemothorax.
Ans: A
Feedback: Wheezing is a high-pitched, musical sound heard mainly on expiration (asthma) or inspiration (bronchitis). It is often the major finding in a patient with bronchoconstriction or airway narrowing. Dyspnea (shortness of breath) and wheezing are generally associated with marked bronchospasm. Wheezing is not indicative of pneumonia or hemothorax. Wheezing does not indicate the need for physiotherapy.
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