Exam 20: Respiratory Failure

Which statement by a patient with respiratory failure indicates that more teaching is needed about use of the incentive spirometer, which promotes deep breathing?

Which arterial blood gas values does the nurse anticipate in a patient with acute type II respiratory failure?

When assessing a newborn with infant respiratory distress syndrome, who is receiving surfactant therapy, which finding should alert the nurse of a complication of this medication?

When planning care for a patient in the exudative phase of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which concept should the nurse keep in mind?

The nurse should keep which concept in mind when providing care to a patient with cardiogenic pulmonary edema?

What response should the nurse give a nursing student who asks why a patient with respiratory failure is being placed in the prone position?

When planning care for the patient with end-stage COPD, the nurse takes into consideration that the patient is at high risk for:

The nurse in intensive care is caring for a patient who is developing ARDS secondary to infection. When the patient develops hypoxemia, which intervention does the nurse anticipate?

Which cardiac complication does the nurse anticipate in the patient with advanced COPD?

When assessing the patient with pulmonary edema, which pulmonary capillary wedge pressure does the nurse anticipate?

Which manifestation would the nurse expect to find in the cardiac assessment of a patient with pulmonary edema?

The nurse explains to the parents of a premature newborn that infant respiratory distress syndrome is caused by:

The nurse teaches a patient with advanced COPD to use pursed lip breathing. Which statement indicates that the patient understands the rationale for this type of breathing?

When assessing the newborn, which finding should alert the nurse to a potential complication?

When caring for an intubated patient on mechanical ventilation using positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), the nurse continually assesses for which potential complication?

When assessing a patient with advanced COPD, which sputum characteristic indicates an acute exacerbation?

The nurse would expect to observe which characteristics in a patient with type II respiratory failure?

How should the nurse respond when the parent of a child with infant respiratory distress syndrome asks the nurse why surfactant is important?

When planning care to improve oxygenation for a patient with respiratory failure, the nursing plan includes turning and positioning the patient regularly. What rationale does the nurse give for this intervention?

Which measure should the nurse include in the care plan to loosen thick secretions in the patient with respiratory failure?