Question

A nurse had previously heard crackles over both lungs of a patient. As the patient improves, what lung sounds does the nurse expect to hear in the patient's lungs?

a. Vesicular breath sounds heard in peripheral lung fields
b. Bronchial breath sounds heard over the bronchi
c. Bronchovesicular breath sounds heard over the apices
d. Rhonchi heard over the main bronchi

Answer 1

As the patient improves, the nurse would expect to hear vesicular breath sounds heard in the peripheral lung fields.

Step-by-step explanation:

As the patient improves, the nurse would expect to hear vesicular breath sounds heard in the peripheral lung fields. Vesicular breath sounds are soft and low-pitched and are normally heard over the peripheral lung fields. They are the normal breath sounds that are heard when air enters the alveoli in the lungs.