The nurse is examining a patient and notes enlarged thyroid glands. What should the nurse do next?
a. Contact the physician immediately.
b. Auscultate for bruits over the thyroid.
c. Inform the charge nurse of the findings.
d. Encourage the patient to lay in a semi-Fowler's position.
B
If the thyroid is enlarged, the nurse should auscultate for bruits. Bruits occur with increased turbulence in blood vessels and are due to the increased vascularization of a thyroid gland that is enlarged due to diffuse toxic goiter.
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