Nursing Interventions in Newborn Assessment
Nursing Interventions in Newborn Assessment ( 4 Questions)
A nurse is auscultating a newborn’s lung sounds.
What type of breath sounds should the nurse expect to hear in a healthy newborn?
Vesicular breath sounds are soft and low-pitched and are heard over most of the lung fields.
They indicate normal air movement in and out of the alveoli.
Bronchial breath sounds are not normal in a healthy newborn and indicate a lung problem.
Bronchovesicular breath sounds are not normal in a healthy newborn and indicate a lung problem.
Adventitious breath sounds are not normal in a healthy newborn and indicate a lung problem.
Vesicular breath sounds are soft and low-pitched and are heard over most of the lung fields.
They indicate normal air movement in and out of the alveoli.
Bronchial breath sounds are loud and high-pitched and are heard over the trachea and larynx.
They indicate increased airway resistance or consolidation.
Bronchovesicular breath sounds are medium-pitched and are heard over the main bronchi.
They indicate partial obstruction of the airways or atelectasis.
Adventitious breath sounds are abnormal sounds such as crackles, wheezes, rhonchi, or stridor.
They indicate various lung disorders such as pneumonia, asthma, bronchitis, or foreign body aspiration.
Choice B is wrong because bronchial breath sounds are not normal in a healthy newborn and indicate a lung problem.
Choice C is wrong because bronchovesicular breath sounds are not normal in a healthy newborn and indicate a lung problem.
Choice D is wrong because adventitious breath sounds are not normal in a healthy newborn and indicate a lung problem.