The nursing instructor is observing a student nurse assess the client's respiratory system. The student demonstrates proper technique for auscultation when moving the stethoscope:
1. From base to apices of lungs.
2. First up one side of the thorax, then up the other.
3. First down one side of the thorax, then down the other.
4. From side to side.
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Rationale 1: The usual movement is from apices to the bases.
Rationale 2: Auscultation should follow the same pattern as for percussion, from side to side, because comparison of sounds is an important step in respiratory assessment.
Rationale 3: Auscultation should follow the same pattern as for percussion, from side to side, because comparison of sounds is an important step in respiratory assessment.
Rationale 4: Auscultation should follow the same pattern as for percussion, from side to side, because comparison of sounds is an important step in respiratory assessment.
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