Personally, I don't percuss every pt, I was taught in school that this was more of an advanced assessment technique, that bedside nurses generally don't do.
I do, however, palpate during every assessment.
Below are some websites with audio lung/heart sounds, hth
during my review for nclex, i watched videos that discusses different kinds of heart and lung sounds, the one by ed4nurses is what helped me the most. check it out on you tube.
dura_mater
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Personally, I don't percuss every pt, I was taught in school that this was more of an advanced assessment technique, that bedside nurses generally don't do.
I do, however, palpate during every assessment.
Below are some websites with audio lung/heart sounds, hth
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/medicine/pulmonar/IMAGES/CD-LungSounds/mac/cugell-07july11.swf
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Littmann/stethoscope/education/heart-lung-sounds/
http://www.med.ucla.edu/wilkes/inex.htm