Exam 30: Acute Respiratory Disorders

A patient asks the nurse about how air goes from the nose to the lung.The nurse draws the route according to which sequence?

Just before the scheduled spirometry test,the nurse instructs a patient to: (Select all that apply.)

The assessment that ensures the nurse that the chest tube in a water seal drainage device is working correctly is the:

A worried patient asks the nurse to explain the advantage of a fluoroscopy.The best response would be that a fluoroscopy:

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 who is instructing a patient in deep breathing and coughing techniques directs the patient to: (Place the options in the appropriate sequence.)

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

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:

The symptoms of hypoxemia for which the nurse should be alert are:

Which one of these interventions would be inappropriate in performing a tracheal suction?

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

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:

The nurse would advise which one of the following groups to have a vaccination with conjugated pneumococcal?