Exam 30: Acute Respiratory Disorders

The nurse explains that the ventilator function of positive end-expiratory pressure assists the patient by:

The assessment by the nurse at the bedside of a patient with a chest tube attached to a water seal drainage device would require intervention that would:

After a thoracentesis has been performed,the nurse will position the patient:

The intervention that would be inappropriate for decreasing the risk of further emboli in a patient with a pulmonary embolism is:

A patient comes to the emergency department with a sucking chest wound.Which one of the following types of dressing should the nurse apply to begin the process of lung reinflation?

To enhance gas exchange,the nurse would position a patient who had a left pneumonectomy in the morning:

The nurse closely monitors bilateral breath sounds and chest movement after a thoracentesis because:

A patient who is severely dyspneic and cyanotic enters the emergency department.The nurse gives the patient oxygen at:

The nurse charts that the patient has had periods of tachypnea during the night.This means that the respiration rate was:

To auscultate breath sounds in the right middle lobe from the anterior aspect,the nurse would place the diaphragm of the stethoscope at which intercostal space?

The nurse computes the number of "pack years" of a 24-year-old man who has smoked 1½ packs of cigarettes every day since he was 15 years old.This patient has ______ pack years.

A 90-year-old patient complains to the nurse of shortness of breath after walking up a flight of stairs.The nurse explains that this problem is a result of age-related changes,such as a(n):

A patient with acute bronchitis is being discharged with a prescription for an antimicrobial medication to be taken for the next 14 days.In the discharge teaching,the nurse will stress:

If the nurse can hear coarse crackles in the lower right lobe,then the nurse would assess that the bronchus is:

Before performing the arterial stick for an arterial blood gas,the nurse performs an Allen test.The purpose of this test is to assess the:

Assessment of 24-year-old driver after an automobile accident,who is complaining of right-sided chest pain and is dyspneic,reveals the following: Respirations: 26 breaths/min Significant pain on inspiration Hand is pressed to the rib area; large bruise is forming on the right chest Blood pressure: 182/98 mm Hg Based on these assessments,the nurse suspects ____________________.

When a patient complains of tachypnea,the nurse explains that the breathing pattern has altered because the:

The nursing intervention that would be inappropriate in the immediate postprocedure care of a patient who has had a fiber-optic bronchoscopy would be to:

A home health nurse who is caring for an 88-year-old patient with severe hypertension in addition to a respiratory problem notices several drugs on the bedside table.The medication that the nurse would suggest the patient should avoid is:

The nurse who is instructing a patient in deep breathing and coughing techniques directs the patient to: (Place the options in the appropriate sequence.) A) Place the hand on the abdomen to check the rise and fall. B) Inhale through the nose, pause 1 to 3 seconds, and then exhale. C) Assume a high Fowler position. D) Take 4 to 6 deep breaths. E) Cough deeply.