Lung Sounds : normal vs diseased lungs 🫁 Learn lung sounds in 60 seconds ✨ #lungsounds #usmleandplabmaterial #wheezing #crackle #crackles #rhonchi #stridor | USMLE and PLAB Material

– LUNG SOUNDS, MADE EASY– 🫁You’ll never truly learn until you hear them during assessment, but remember this information during your next auscultation of a patient’s lungs! 🫁Be sure you’re completing your assessment properly (side-by-side auscultation and comparisons bilaterally!) 🫁Document what YOU hear & YOUR assessment findings. Even if the nurse before you did not hear crackles at the left base, but you do, your assessment stands. That thorough listening is what helps us notice status cha

What Your Lungs Sound Like

Here’s a simple demo of the use of stethoscopes. When using stethoscopes for listening to lung sounds, you want to listen for: Normal breath sounds Abnormal breath sounds such as 1) crackles 2) wheezes 3) rhonchi You should listen to the lungs at least once per shift, usually at the start of your shift and as needed depending on what the patient’s chief complaint is ❤️ #medical #nclexquestions #nclextips #nurseslife #nclexreview #nursingschool #howtobecomeregisterenurse #registerednurse #lpn #lp