The nurse is assessing a patient whose chart indicates a Grade 3 heart murmur. What action is best to hear the murmur?

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A Grade 3 murmur should be readily heard with a regular stethoscope. Although the room should be quiet for all auscultation tasks, an "extremely" quiet room and an amplification stethoscope should not be necessary. The bell of the stethoscope is usually used to listen to heart murmurs, but the stethoscope needs to be on the patient's chest.

The Nurse Is Assessing a Patient Whose Chart Indicates a Grade