Exam 31: Chronic Respiratory Disorders

When the patient reports having had the BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin)vaccine 2 years earlier,the nurse reminds the patient that,because of the inoculation,the patient can anticipate:

An patient with asthma asks the purpose of learning to use a peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR)device.The nurse's best response is that the PEFR:

The nurse advises the parents of a child who is in status asthmaticus that if not corrected,the result could be:

The nurse assessing the CBC of a patient with chronic bronchitis identifies a typical feature of this disease,which is:

The nurse caring for an 80-year-old patient with COPD suspects right-sided heart failure and assesses and records the data.A sign of right-sided heart failure is decreasing:

The nurse instructs the patient who is taking rifampin as a result of an exposure to TB that side effects of this drug may cause:

The patient with COPD delightedly tells the nurse that he has quit smoking and is using chewing tobacco.The nurse's best intervention would be to:

The nurse uses a picture to demonstrate the bullae and blebs associated with emphysema.The nurse points out that the difference between the two is that blebs:

The nurse documents and reports the presence of foul,bulky stool to alert the physician that the patient with CF:

In assessing for major sources of infection in a patient with COPD,the nurse focuses on:

The nurse is aware that the characteristic of emphysema that gives rise to the pink puffer label is the emphysemic patient's:

The patient with COPD has a nursing diagnosis of "Activity intolerance,related to inability to meet O? needs." The intervention that would be inappropriate for this diagnosis would be:

The discharge instruction given by the nurse that would be informative to a patient with TB,who asks how to protect his family members from his disease,is:

To help combat anorexia in a patient with COPD,the home health nurse should:

The patient with CF furiously refuses any more manual chest physiotherapeutic treatment.The nurse could suggest which alternative?

When asked by a patient with TB how long he will have to take his TB medications,the nurse's best response would be:

When the nurse reads the diagnosis of centrilobar emphysema,the nurse recognizes that this type of emphysema is characterized by:

When a young patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)complains of debilitating night sweats,the home health nurse suggests that he visit the clinic for a:

The characteristic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)that places the patient at risk for the nursing diagnosis of "Imbalanced nutrition: Less than body requirements" is:

The nurse reviews the signs and symptoms characteristic of the patient with chronic blue bloater bronchitis,which are: