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The nurse is assessing a healthy middle-aged adult. Which finding should the nurse expect?

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Rationale: The nurse should expect a middle-aged adult to perform mental tasks like serial 7s. A 20-pound weight gain is excessive, absent tactile fremitus suggests pneumothorax, and heart enlargement indicates a medical issue, not a normal finding.

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