NSG 3160 Exam 3 (Latest 2025/2026 Update) Questions and Verified Answers (GRADED A). (2025)

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NSG 3160 Exam 3 (Latest 2025/2026 Update)
Questions and Verified Answers (GRADED A).
Which of these statements is true regarding the vertebra prominens? The vertebra prominens is:

The spinous process of C7.

When performing a respiratory assessment on a patient, the nurse notices a costal angle of
approximately 90 degrees. This characteristic is:
A normal finding in a healthy adult.

When assessing a patients lungs, the nurse recalls that the left lung:
Consists of two lobes.

Which statement about the apices of the lungs is true? The apices of the lungs:

Extend 3 to 4 cm above the inner third of the clavicles.

During an examination of the anterior thorax, the nurse is aware that the trachea bifurcates
anteriorly at the:

,Sternal angle

During an assessment, the nurse knows that expected assessment findings in the normal adult lung
include the presence of:
Muffled voice sounds and symmetric tactile fremitus.

The primary muscles of respiration include the:
Diaphragm and intercostals.

A 65-year-old patient with a history of heart failure comes to the clinic with complaints of being
awakened from sleep with shortness of breath. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?
Assessing for other signs and symptoms of paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea

When assessing tactile fremitus, the nurse recalls that it is normal to feel tactile fremitus most
intensely over which location?
Between the scapulae

,The nurse is reviewing the technique of palpating for tactile fremitus with a new graduate. Which
statement by the graduate nurse reflects a correct understanding of tactile fremitus? Tactile
fremitus:

Is caused by sounds generated from the larynx.

Tactile Fremitus is what?
Palpable vibration

During percussion, the nurse knows that a dull percussion note elicited over a lung lobe most likely
results from:
Increased density of lung tissue.

The nurse is observing the auscultation technique of another nurse. The correct method to use
when progressing from one auscultatory site on the thorax to another is _______ comparison.
Side-to-side

When auscultating the lungs of an adult patient, the nurse notes that low-pitched, soft breath
sounds are heard over the posterior lower lobes, with inspiration being longer than expiration. The
nurse interprets that these sounds are:
Vesicular breath sounds and normal in that location.

, The nurse is percussing over the lungs of a patient with pneumonia. The nurse knows that
percussion over an area of atelectasis in the lungs will reveal:
Dullness

The nurse is auscultating the chest in an adult. Which technique is correct?

Firmly holding the diaphragm of the stethoscope against the chest

During auscultation of the lungs, the nurse expects decreased breath sounds to be heard in which
situation?
When the bronchial tree is obstructed

The nurse knows that a normal finding when assessing the respiratory system of an older adult is:
Decreased mobility of the thorax.

A mother brings her 3-month-old infant to the clinic for evaluation of a cold. She tells the nurse that
he has had a runny nose for a week. When performing the physical assessment, the nurse notes
that the child has nasal flaring and sternal and intercostal retractions. The nurses next action should
be to: