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When do you nasally suction a neonate? Before bed and before they eat Atelectesis collapse of the lung If the infant has a low Heart Rate, what is the best first intervention? give them oxygen Breathing mechanics are affected by... compliance and resistance What is compliance? measure of the ab...

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NUR 425 Exam 2 Test Questions and
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When do you nasally suction a neonate? ✅Before bed and before they eat

Atelectesis ✅collapse of the lung

If the infant has a low Heart Rate, what is the best first intervention? ✅give them
oxygen

Breathing mechanics are affected by... ✅compliance and resistance

What is compliance? ✅measure of the ability of the lungs to stretch

What is resistance? ✅determined by size of the airway

**small airways increase risk of any condition that reduces airway size (which increases
resistance)

What are the cardinal manifestations of respiratory failure? ✅restlessness,
tachypnea/tachycardia, and diaphoresis (except in neonates)

What are early/less obvious signs and symptoms of respiratory failure?
✅anxiety/irritability, decreased LOC, hypertension, headache, change in respirations,
anorexia, nasal flaring, retractions, wheezing

What are more severe signs of respiratory failure or hypoxia? ✅hypotension, dimness
of vision, somnolence, stupor, coma, dyspnea, depressed respirations, bradycardia,
cyanosis

What are interventions for respiratory distress? ✅Depending on how bad: oxygen (via
nasal prongs or non-rebreather), open the airway, reposition, stimulation and suctioning

If respiratory distress is bad, what actions do you take? ✅Start CPR and call for help

What should you base your interventions off of? (respiratory distress) ✅clinical signs
and CONSIDER THEIR HISTORY

What are two methods used to assess the efficiency of gas transfer in the lung and
tissue oxygenation? ✅analysis of arterial Blood gases (ABGs) and pulse oximetry

,Why are ABGs measured? ✅oxygenation status and acid-base balance

What is important to know about PaO2? ✅decreases with advancing age. varies in
relation to distance above the sea lever (higher altitude=lower PaO2)

What is normal pH? (arterial) ✅7.35-7.45

What is the normal PaO2? (arterial) ✅80-100 mmHg

What is the normal SaO2? (arterial) ✅Greater than 95%

What is the normal PaCO2 (arterial) ✅35-45 mmHg

What is the normal HCO3-? (arterial) ✅22-26 mEq/L

Acid-base imbalance is not a _________ but a ________ ✅disease; symptoms of
underlying health problem

An increase in what leads to acidity? ✅Hydrogen ions

pH 1 to >7 ✅Acidic

pH >7 to 14 ✅alkaline

pH of 7 ✅neutral

What are the systems to regulate acid-base balance in order of time use? ✅Buffer
system, respiratory system, renal system

What do buffers do? ✅act chemically to change strong acids into weaker ones or bind
them to neutralize them

What does the buffer consist of? ✅a weak acid or base and its salt

Respiratory imbalance results from ✅the retention or an excess of CO2 altering
carbonic acid concentration

Metabolic imbalances affect ✅the base HCO3

Acidosis occurs when... ✅increase in carbonic acid or decrease in HCO3

Alkalosis occurs when... ✅decrease in carbonic acid or increase in HCO3

, How do you draw an ABG? ✅comes from arterial blood, can be a direct sick to the
artery (EXTREMELY PAINFUL)

How do you draw frequent ABGs? ✅arterial line

Who draws an ABG? ✅respiratory therapist

After suctioning, bent or oxygenation changes, how much time should you wait to obtain
an ABG? ✅20 minutes

How long should a suction time be if you want to take an ABG after? ✅Less than 15
seconds

What does the PaO2 tell us? ✅partial pressure of oxygen in the blood, how much
oxygen is in the blood

What does SaO2 tell us? ✅how much oxygen is attached to the hemoglobin
(oxyhemoglobin)

What does PaCO2 tell us? ✅How much Co2 is in the blood? Did enough/too much
CO2 get blown off by the lungs or is it building up?

What does HCO3 tell us? ✅How much bicarbonate is in the blood? How are the
kidneys working? Is there a metabolic issue?

What are the death ranges for pH ✅< 6.8 and > 7.8

What is the normal ratio of carbonic acid to bicarbonate? ✅1:20

Tell me about the buffer system? ✅fastest, immediate but low threshold

Tell me about the respiratory system? ✅moderate, effects within minutes, max effect in
24hrs, more sustainable but not long term

Tell me about the renal system ✅slowest, effects take days, but more sustainable

What is a disturbance? ✅something is wrong,either metabolic or respiratory source or
both

What is compensation? ✅sometimes the other system tries to help out, other system
MAY try to correct

What causes hypoventilation? ✅drug overdose, airway obstruction, chest trauma,
pulmonary edema

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