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    by Feb 8
    I was wondering if I could get a little help here.

    I'm completing my homework and there is a chart which lists some of the adventitious breath sounds that can be heart. It asks for a description, a clinical example and nursing interventions for each.

    I'm not understanding what they want for nursing interventions...I know they're asking what would I do if a patient had crackles heard when auscultating..but I'm not sure what I would do.
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  4. Feb 8 by
    Quote from vintageandrea
    I was wondering if I could get a little help here.

    I'm completing my homework and there is a chart which lists some of the adventitious breath sounds that can be heart. It asks for a description, a clinical example and nursing interventions for each.

    I'm not understanding what they want for nursing interventions...I know they're asking what would I do if a patient had crackles heard when auscultating..but I'm not sure what I would do.
    What are crackles caused by? What happens if crackles were heard throughout all lung fields? What medications or nursing interventions could fix this? (COUGH lasix, pulmonary toileting, getting pt ambulatory COUGH)

    Think what the breath sounds are telling you -- something is abnormal with your patient. Think about how the crackles rhonchi etc get there...then think about what you need to do.
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  5. Feb 8 by
    Thanks very much!
  6. Feb 11 by
    Lasix is not a nursing intervention. You may have a prn order for it as part of a medical plan of care, though. Remember, NCLEX questions ask you about nursing interventions.
    turnforthenurseRN and Esme12 like this.
  7. Feb 16 by
    Quote from GrnTea
    Lasix is not a nursing intervention. You may have a prn order for it as part of a medical plan of care, though. Remember, NCLEX questions ask you about nursing interventions.
    True, however if it is mentioned as a possible answer on NCLEX it is safe to assume that you do have an order.
  8. Feb 16 by
    Not unless it says so in the body of the question, or the answer choice includes the words "as ordered." They catch people with that all the time!
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  9. Feb 18 by
    Nursing interventions should focus on what you will do for the patient if they have this particular problem. Assessments? Teaching?
  10. Feb 18 by
    Nursing interventions are normally action words, verbs, something that nurses do. In the phrase "drug administration", administration is the intervention and not the drug.
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  11. Feb 19 by
    OK, as a concrete example, if there are rhonchi, usually caused by secretions in the larger airways, a nursing action would be to instruct in deep breathing and coughing, monitor sputum quality and color, patient teaching on self care, and repeat as needed. Does that help?