The student nurse is learning breath sounds while listening to a client in the physician's office. An experienced nurse is assisting and notes air movement over the trachea to the upper lungs
The air movement is noted equally on inspiration as expiration. Which breath sounds would the nurse document? A) Abnormal vesicular sounds
B) Normal bronchial sounds
C) Normal bronchovesicular sounds
D) Abnormal bronchial sounds
C
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Air movement over the trachea and upper lungs is a normal finding for bronchovesicular sounds. The air movement is noted equally on inspiration as expiration. The other choices do not match type of breath sound for the location in question.
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