Term 3 Respiratory System

In which position is it most appropriate for a client just returned from a laryngectomy?

What is the primary action of montelukast? 

Your long-term care patient has a Mantoux reading of 10mm with induration. What do you do first?

Your patient with COPD and a sudden 5-lb weight gain is at risk for which complication?

Your patient asks if tuberculosis can be spread from person to person. Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?

Which exercise is appropriate for a patient with signs and symptoms of emphysema?

Which of the following is ordered routinely for a COPD patient?

Which of the following can affect the levels of oxygen in the blood? Select all that apply

what will you teach your elderly patient regarding prevention of community-acquired pneumonia? Select all that apply

Which assessment finding in an acute asthma exacerbation in a 24 yr old patient requires immediate intervention?

Which of the following nursing interventions is most important for the nurse to implement after a thoracentesis?

How is a diagnosis of TB confirmed?

Which of the following is how tuberculosis is transmitted?

Your post-op patient developed atelectasis. How do you explain what it is?

What immediate action should you take for a trach. client who suddenly develops noisy, increased RR and elevated HR?

Your patient's CXR showed alveolar collapse.  What is the medical diagnosis that best describes this complication?

Your teenage patient in the ED was stabbed with an ice pick. For which symptom will you monitor closely?

Your post-op patient has a fever, productive cough with yellow sputum, and crackles in the left lower lobe, indicating:

Which provider’s order would you question for a client with COPD?

Your patient's sputum after their lung tissue biopsy is blood-streaked. What action should you take?

Which term best describes the presence of infected fluid that accumulates in the pleural space?

Which lung sound is expected in a patient with a spontaneous lobular pneumothorax?

Which of the following are s/s of tuberculosis? Select all that apply.

Which assessment findings are expected in a child with asthma exacerbation? Select all that apply

Which nursing intervention can prevent atelectasis in your post-trauma patient?

Which intervention will the nurse include in the plan for care for a client after a bronchoscopy examination?

What should the nurse ask a patient prior to giving the first dose of propranolol?

Which assessment finding indicates atelectasis?

Which substance will the home health nurse instruct a client to use to cleanse the stoma site after laryngectomy ?

Your COPD patient's 02 sat is 87%. Which rate will you set the oxygen to?

For patients arriving from a high-risk country, which of the following Mantoux PPD results is positive?