Nursing fundamentals chapter 28- Respiratory care Study Guide Exam With Solved Solutions.
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Respiratory Therapy
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Which of the following mechanisms results in inhalation? - Answer The diaphragm contracts
A nurse is caring for a patient with a high blood level of carbon dioxide. The nurse would expect which of the following responses by the body's respiratory system? - Answer The breathing rate increas...
Nursing fundamentals chapter 28-
Respiratory care Study Guide Exam With
Solved Solutions.
Which of the following mechanisms results in inhalation? - Answer The diaphragm contracts
A nurse is caring for a patient with a high blood level of carbon dioxide. The nurse would expect which of
the following responses by the body's respiratory system? - Answer The breathing rate increases
A nurse is caring for an African American individual with a long history of lung disease. The nurse would
be most concerned if: - Answer The patient's mucous membranes are ashen.
A student nurse is providing care for a patient who becomes short of breath while ambulating to the
bathroom. The best way for the student to document this finding is to write: - Answer "Dyspnea noted
after walking 15 Feet."
A nurse enters a room and notes that a patient has a very productive cough. The nurse would be most
concerned about a life-threatening situation if the sputum looks: - Answer Frothy and pink-tinged.
While caring for a patient with pneumonia, a nurse notes that the patients sputum is greenish and very
thick. The highest priority in the patient's plan of care is to: - Answer Encourage the patient to increase
oral intake.
A nurse is caring for a patient with a chest tube who has notable crepitus at the at the chest tube site,
extending across the chest about 3 inches. The best statement the nurse can make is: - Answer "There
are some new, small pockets of air under your skin that I'd like to have the doctor examine."
A nurse is caring for a number of patients on a medical unit. The patient of the highest priority is: -
Answer A 22-year-old with pneumonia who is restless and confused.
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