Exam 30: Acute Respiratory Disorders

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

The discharge planning for a patient with sleep apnea includes a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)ventilation device that:

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?

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

During the physical examination of a patient with respiratory difficulty,the nurse notices other clues to respiratory dysfunction that are: (Select all that apply.)

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

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

When the nurse observes the paradoxical movement in a patient with a flail chest who has significant dyspnea,the nurse should prepare for a(n):

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:

The nurse will record a positive reading of a tuberculin (TB)skin test when it is assessed:

To reduce the risk of aspiration in a patient who is receiving continuous enteral feedings running at 70 ml/hr,the nurse should:

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:

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):

When documenting the findings in the functional assessment portion of the nursing assessment for a patient with a respiratory disorder,the nurse would exclude:

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

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 ____________________.

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

When a patient complains of tachypnea,the nurse explains that the breathing pattern has altered because the: (Select all that apply.)

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

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: