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When Assessing the Lungs of the Elderly Patient, Which of the Following

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When assessing the lungs of the elderly patient, which of the following procedures is correct? Select all that apply.


A) Shave the chest of a patient with excessive hair to improve the sound.
B) Instruct the patient with adventitious lung sounds to cough before reassessing.
C) Instruct the patient to breathe forcefully through the nose while auscultating lung sounds.
D) Use the bell of the stethoscope directly over the bare skin to auscultate lung sounds.
E) Auscultate for bronchial breath sounds over the larynx, trachea, and posterior nape of the neck.

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