Title: The nurse closely monitors bilateral breath sounds and chest movement following Post by: nurse2mrow on Sep 16, 2014 The nurse closely monitors bilateral breath sounds and chest movement following a thoracentesis because:
1. fluid may quickly accumulate due to inflammation. 2. the lung may have been punctured during the procedure. 3. severe bronchospasm may cause atelectasis. 4. asthma may result postprocedure. This is for my medical nursing class Title: Re: The nurse closely monitors bilateral breath sounds and chest movement following Post by: f_zah1 on Oct 23, 2014 Content hidden
Title: Re: The nurse closely monitors bilateral breath sounds and chest movement following Post by: nurse2mrow on Oct 27, 2014 Thank you for this, it helped me understand it perfectly.
Title: Re: The nurse closely monitors bilateral breath sounds and chest movement following Post by: f_zah1 on Oct 27, 2014 Welcome :)
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