NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Auscultation is listening to the sounds of the body during a physical examination. Auscultation is a method used to listen to the sounds of the body during a physical examination by using a stethoscope. A patient’s lungs, heart, and intestines are the most common organs heard during auscultation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The stethoscope is a device that helps physicians or healthcare providers primarily to listen to the sounds generated internally by your heart, lungs and intestinal tract. It is also used to check blood pressure.

Detailed explanation-3: -The bell of the stethoscope is generally used to detect high-pitched sounds – at the apex of the lungs above the clavicle; its diaphragm is used to detect low-pitched sounds in the rest of the chest (Dougherty and Lister, 2015).