Tracheotomy - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NUR 2502 MDC 3 MODULE 4, 5 AND 6 STUDYGUIDE Module 4 – Upper Respiratory Disorders Head & Neck • Assessment Findings  Pain  Lump in mouth, throat, or neck  Difficulty swallowing  Color changes in mouth or tongue to red, white, gray, dark brown, or black  Oral lesions or sore that does not heal in 2 weeks  Persistent or unexplained oral bleeding  Numbness of the mouth, lips, face  Change in the fit of dentures  Burning sensation when drinking citrus jui...

Comprehensive NCLEX-RN ATI Review Questions and Answers Five rights of delegation ANSWER Right person Right task Right circumstance Right direction and communication Right supervision and evaluation Non-delegatable tasks ANSWER Nursing process Client education Tasks that require nursing judgement (care of unstable patients) LPN delegation ANSWER Tracheotomy care Suctioning Inserting urinary catheter Checking NG tube patency Medication administration Sterile specimen colection...

What intervention should the therapist perform when an infant is born with choanal atresia in respiratory distress? a)Perform nasotracheal intubation. b)Recommend a tracheotomy procedure. c)Insert an oral airway. d)Perform a cricothyroidotomy. correct answer: c)Insert an oral airway. About half of infants diagnosed with choanal atresia also have ______________________. a)Abdominal compartment syndrome b)VACTERL syndrome c)CHARGE syndrome d)Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome correct answ...

Rasmussen - MDC III - Exam 2 Questions and Answers 2024 never confirm/deny anything "tell me more about it" -Answer-Therapeutic Communication Qs... *airborne* - N95 - negative pressure room -Answer-What precautions are we using for tuberculosis? *antimicrobials* - isoniazid, - rifampin - pyrazinamide - ethambutol **they will have to take these "long-term" (6-9 mo.)** -Answer-Medications to treat tuberculosis - no ETOH - medication compliance - stick with the doses, continue all...

The nurse is monitoring a client with a closed chest tube drainage system and notes fluctuation of the fluid level in the water-seal chamber during inspiration and expiration. On the basis of this finding, which conclusion should the nurse make? correct answersThe chest tube is functioning as expected. The nurse is caring for a restless client who keeps biting down on an orotracheal tube. The nurse uses which intervention to prevent the client from obstructing the airway with the teeth? corre...

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1. What is the wax produced in the ear canal - Answer Cerumen 2. What is the term for creating a surgical opening into the TM - Answer Myringotomy 3. Which is not an ossicle in the middle ear - Answer Cochlea 4. Which cranial nerve may be damaged by cholesteatoma - Answer Seventh (VII) 5. Walters, caldwell, lateral and submental are used to establish - Answer sinus cavities 6. what tissue type are palatine tonsils - Answer lymphoid Which of the following is NO...

NUR 2502 MDC 3 MODULE 4, 5 AND 6 STUDYGUIDE Module 4 – Upper Respiratory Disorders Head & Neck • Assessment Findings  Pain  Lump in mouth, throat, or neck  Difficulty swallowing  Color changes in mouth or tongue to red, white, gray, dark brown, or black  Oral lesions or sore that does not heal in 2 weeks  Persistent or unexplained oral bleeding  Numbness of the mouth, lips, face  Change in the fit of dentures  Burning sensation when drinking citrus jui...

HESI RN FUNDAMENTALS TESTBANK Exam Questions and Answers latest update 2023/2024 A client is in contact isolation due to stage IV coccyx wound infected with methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The nurse plans interventions to prevent multiple re-entries to the client’s room. In which order should the nurse perform the interventions? A) Change coccyx dressing, perform tracheostomy care, restart the IV. B) Perform tracheostomy care, change coccyx dressing, restart th...

Types of Structural Dysphagia correct answers endotracheal intubation tracheotomy cervical spinal surgeries/abnormality carotid endarterectomy infections esophageal changes head and neck CAs Endotracheal intubation correct answers used to ventilate pts in emergencies/during surgeries Prolonged ET intubation leads to or increases increased risks of correct answers post-extubation dysphagia vocal fold immobility during intubation = VF weakness aspiration: secretion leaks below VF g...