A nurse auscultates low-pitched, coarse snoring sounds in a client's lungs during inhalation. The most appropriate action for the nurse to take next is to:
a. Palpate the posterior thorax for vocal fremitus.
b. Ask the client to cough and repeat auscultation.
c. Auscultate the posterior thorax for vocal sounds.
d. Percuss the posterior thorax for tone.
ANS: B
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