Question of the Day #3
While inspecting the client's chest, the nurse notes that the chest wall contracts on inspiration and bulges on expiration. From this assessment, she suspects:
A. hemothorax.
B. flail chest.
C. pneumothorax.
D. tension pneumothorax.
A. hemothorax.
B. flail chest.
C. pneumothorax.
D. tension pneumothorax.