AACN ECCO Pulmonary Part 1 Questions and
Answers
What are the nursing priorities for patient care before, during, or after thoracentesis? - Ans:-Position
patient sitting on or lying...
Continually monitor...
Help attach tubes to chest drainage...
A nurse caring for a patient with ARDS on BiPA...
Which patient has an indication for oxygen therapy with a low-flow device? - Ans:✔✔-Who is
postoperative...
A patient with respiratory failure following cardiac surgery has crackles in bilateral posterior lower lobes
and is on 4 L/min NC. Which interventions will promote normal respiratory function? - Ans:✔✔-Reduce
anxiety...
Ensure early progressive mobility...
Administer bronchodilators...
A nurse monitoring a patient undergoing bedside bronchoscopy notes a decline in a patient's oxygen
saturation. Which should the nurse anticipate? - Ans:✔✔-Auscultate lung sounds...
Provide supplemental O2...
Monitor EtCO2
The ABG test results for a patient with a spinal cord injury are pH 7.29, PaCO2 54, and HCO3- 25. Which
acid-base disorder is reflected? - Ans:✔✔-Respiratory acidosis
A patient with COPD on PEEP reports sudden chest pain. The nurse observes tachycardia and shortness
of breath. Which other conditions should the nurse expected? - Ans:✔✔-Decreased PaCO2 levels...
Decreased chest excursion on one side...
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