2024 PN NCLEX Questions Nursing Practice Question
A nurse assisting with data collection plans to assess tactile (vocal) fremitus. The nurse performs this by using which technique?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Assessing tactile (vocal) fremitus involves feeling vibrations transmitted through the chest wall when a patient speaks. Palpating the thorax while the client repeats "ninety-nine" allows the nurse to evaluate these vibrations and compare them symmetrically on both sides, making option D the appropriate choice.
Option A, palpating for symmetric chest expansion, focuses on lung expansion rather than vibrations. Option B, auscultating breath sounds over the trachea and larynx, assesses airflow but does not evaluate fremitus. Option C, auscultating breath sounds over peripheral lung fields, also pertains to airflow and does not involve tactile assessment.