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The client in a nursing home became confused and climbed out of bed (over the siderails) without assistance, falling onto a vacuum cleaner temporarily left there by the cleaning staff. Which respiratory assessment finding indicates to the nurse that the client may have a flail chest as a result of this incident?
A.   Wheezes are present and are heard more loudly when the client inhales compared with what is heard on exhalation.
B.   An area on the client’s left chest is sucked in during inhalation and puffs out during exhalation.
C.   The client is coughing copious amounts of frothy white sputum.
D.   The client cannot speak more than six words between breaths.
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Thank you for this, it helped me understand it perfectly.
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