Anurse is auscultating the lung sounds of a client who came to the clinic for a physical exam.

The given question is incomplete. The complete question is as follows:

A nurse is auscultating the lung sounds of a client who came to the clinic for a physical exam. There is not any history of lung disease. What should the nurse expect to hear?

a. adventitious breath sounds

b. bronchial breath sounds

c. bronchovesicular breath sounds

d. vesicular breath sounds

Bronchovesicular breath sounds .

Explanation:

The inspiration and expirations are equal, this denotes the normal sound in the posterior chest area or mid area of the chest. These sounds might gets disturbed in case of the lung disease.

The nurse should ausculates all the breath sounds from the side to side while moving from the upper chest area to the lower chest area. They must listen the sound laterally, posteriorly and anteriorly. If the normal breath sounds appear, this indicates the bronchovesicular sounds.

Thus, the correct answer is option (c).