NR 601 Midterm Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers
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NR601
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Metacholine test - Correct Answer-airway decreases in size after metacholine test
Pulmonary Function Test (Spirometry) - Correct Answer-a machine records the volume and speed of air as a patient breathes in and out
Take a deep breath and blow out as hard and fast as you can for as long as you ...
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Metacholine test - Correct Answer-airway decreases in size after metacholine test
Pulmonary Function Test (Spirometry) - Correct Answer-a machine records the volume
and speed of air as a patient breathes in and out
Take a deep breath and blow out as hard and fast as you can for as long as you can
FEV1 - Correct Answer-forced expiratory volume in 1 second
Full vital capacity - Correct Answer-all of the air that you breathed out
FEV1/FVC normal - Correct Answer-=>80%
Asthma (or any other obstruction disease) FEV1/FVC - Correct Answer-<80%
Peak Flow - Correct Answer-used to diagnose and monitor
Patient's own "100%" max
Green=80-100%
Yellow=50-80% take medication to get back into the green
Red<50% go to the hospital NOW
NO test - Correct Answer-when a person is thought to have asthma, but need to see if
asthma treatment will help them
by breathing in NO (dilates the smooth muscule) it shows that the corticosteroid will
work
Severity of asthma determined by - Correct Answer-how many days a week a patient
has an attack
Intermittent (mild) Asthma - Correct Answer-use medications less than twice a week
Well controlled Asthma
Mild Persistent - Correct Answer-Symptoms occur more than twice a week but not daily
Severe Persistent Asthma - Correct Answer-Symptoms occur more than once daily
Never let a patient walk around like this!
Poorly Controlled Asthma
Well controlled asthma - Correct Answer-Symptoms occur less than two days/week
Treatment Products - Correct Answer-Nebulizer=expensive, takes 10 minutes
Inhalers- best way to use it is with a spacer (Takes about 30 seconds, small, cheap)
Drugs that decrease inflammation in asthma - Correct Answer-steroids
leukotriene inhibitors
Bronchodilators - Correct Answer-Beta agonist-works on the b2
Theophylline-monitor levels closely
Chronic Bronchitis - Correct Answer-too much mucous
COPD is - Correct Answer-emphysema and chronic bronchitis
Things that lead to COPD - Correct Answer-allergies
smoking
pollution
smog
Blue Bloater - Correct Answer-Hypoxemia, hypercapnia (chronic bronchitis)
Lips, eyes, skin will be blue
Takes bigger and deeper breaths that leads to the increase of the diameter of the chest
CO2 gets trapped in the lungs, which further leads to the expansion of the lungs
Cough for COPD diagnosis? - Correct Answer-3 months/year for two years
COPD increases risk for - Correct Answer-pneumonia due to obstruction of mucous
COPD treatment - Correct Answer-remove irritants- SMOKING CESSATION, promote
healthier work environments, reduce exposure to allergens
Treat Inflammation- bronchodilators/steroids/luekotriene inhibitors
Decrease Mucus Production
B2 agonist - Correct Answer-bronchodilators
anticholinergics - Correct Answer-bronchodilators
steroids stop inflammation - Correct Answer-in the process of the inflammation cascade
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