MDC1 Clinical work

Nursing Assessment of a Patient with Acute Bronchitis

Subjective Data:

1. What question would you ask and why/rationale for asking question?

*(minimum of 5)*

Objective Data:

2. Vital Signs:

What would you measure, what would you expect in a patient with acute bronchitis, and why?

*(minimum of 3)*

3. Inspection:

What would anticipate observing in a patient with acute bronchitis and why?

*(minimum of 6)*

4. Auscultation:

4a. Technique with pictures (Include anatomical picture with ribs and lung lobes-on this picture note stethoscope placement. Then note with arrows where you will move your stethoscope for a full auscultation of the lungs). Anterior and Posterior.

4b. What lung sounds would you expect to hear and why? *(minimum of 2)*