Exam 24: Performing Chest Physiotherapy

The nurse is instructing the patient on how to use his Acapella device.What should the nurse tell the patient to do?

When teaching the family how to provide CPT and postural drainage (PD)for their loved one at home,what instructions does the nurse provide?

The patient is very frail and thin and has osteoporosis,has just undergone abdominal surgery,and is at risk for developing respiratory complications.What is the best technique for controlling respiratory secretions in this patient?

The _______________ provides positive expiratory pressure (PEP)with oral airway oscillations.

To move secretions from small distal airways into larger central airways,the nurse would utilize ________________ and _______________.

Chest percussion,vibration,and shaking are indicated for patients with which of the following conditions?

An Acapella CPT device has been shown to be of greatest benefit to patients experiencing:

What is the appropriate procedure when the nurse is performing percussion?

Trendelenburg's position is contraindicated for with of the following? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is planning to perform CPT with postural drainage on a patient who is receiving continuous tube feedings.Before performing CPT,what should the nurse do? (Select all that apply.)

The patient is complaining of feeling congested.After assessing the patient,the nurse places the patient in the proper position and claps her cupped hands against the patient's thorax.She does this because she is aware that ______________ assists in loosening retained secretions from the airway.

An Acapella device requires that the patient:

____________________ consists of physical chest wall maneuvers such as percussion,vibration and shaking,postural drainage (PD),and cough.

Contraindications for postural drainage include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

The physician has ordered that the patient receive percussion and vibration to help clear airway secretions.Where must the nurse place her hands?

Studies have compared the effectiveness of newer airway clearance methods with manual chest physiotherapy (CPT)and have found that the CPT and the newer devices are safe and effective modalities for clearing airway secretions.The use of mechanical devices,however,does which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

The system that lines the internal lumen of the tracheobronchial tree and consists of a thin layer of mucus that constantly is propelled toward the larynx by cilia is called the ________________.

How should the patient be positioned to move secretions in the right and left lower lobe superior bronchi?

________________ is positioning the patient so that the position of the lung segment to be drained allows gravity to have its greatest effect.

A patient with which of the following conditions is a candidate for postural drainage?