Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 71%
Simulated
The nurse is caring for a client with a myocardial infarction experiencing tachycardia and coughing up frothy, pink-tinged sputum. Which finding would the nurse expect upon lung auscultation?
Correct answer
B
Rationale
Frothy, pink-tinged sputum indicates pulmonary edema, often post-MI, causing crackles on lung auscultation due to fluid in alveoli.