How should a chest wound be dressed to prevent tension pneumothorax?
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A nurse is providing discharge instructions for a client prescribed a new inhaled corticosteroid. Which of the following should the nurse emphasize?
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Which symptom of omalizumab therapy requires immediate intervention?
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Determine the alveolar deadspace volume given the following information: PaCOâ‚‚=40 mmHg PECOâ‚‚=30 PETCOâ‚‚=35 mmHg VT=500 ml
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A nurse is caring for a postoperative patient who is complaining of severe pain. What is the priority intervention?
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Which action indicates correct pursed-lip breathing technique?
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The nurse is educating a client with asthma about using an inhaler. Which statement indicates a need for further teaching?
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A patient with asthma is prescribed a corticosteroid inhaler. What should the nurse include in the teaching?
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A patient who has been diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism is showing signs of hemorrhagic bleeding. What is the priority of care for this patient?
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A father of a preschool-aged child tells the nurse that his child has had a constant cold since going to daycare. How would the nurse respond?
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A woman with severe preeclampsia is refusing magnesium sulfate. What statement by the nurse is best?
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After the nurse has received change-of-shift report, which patient should the nurse assess first?
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Which nursing intervention is a priority for a patient with a newly inserted chest tube?
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After being hit by a baseball, a patient arrives in the emergency department with a possible nasal fracture. Which finding by the nurse is most important to report to the health care provider?
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A nurse is caring for a patient with a history of hypertension who is complaining of chest pain. What is the priority action?
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Poland, mold, smoke and dander or asthma triggers classified as:
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Which cell secretes mucus that help protect the lungs by trapping debris in the respiratory tract?
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The nurse discusses acute sinusitis management with a patient. Which statement indicates the need for further teaching?
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A client is receiving oxygen via a non-rebreather mask. What is the most important nursing assessment?
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Which of the following factors does NOT affect the rate of oxygen diffusion across the alveolar membrane?
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Which patient requires rapid assessment due to a muffled voice?
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What is the recommended absolute humidity for inspired gases in mechanically ventilated patients?
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The nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a client with emphysema. What should the nurse emphasize to prevent complications?
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Which action should the nurse prioritize after a patient undergoes a thoracentesis?
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Which observation by the nurse would indicate that a toddler with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is improving?
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Which nursing intervention is most effective in preventing hospital-acquired pneumonia in an elderly patient?
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Among the following people, who requires the greatest caloric intake?
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A student observes a nurse instilling a small amount of saline into a tracheostomy tube before suctioning. What should the student discuss with the nurse?
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A patient with a chronic cough is scheduled to have a bronchoscopy with biopsy. Which intervention will the nurse implement directly after the procedure?
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Prevention of lung disease requires which action?
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A patient recovering from a thoracotomy reports incisional pain and decreased breath sounds. What is the nurse's best action?
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What is the priority intervention for a patient experiencing an asthma attack?
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A client with pulmonary fibrosis is being treated with supplemental oxygen. What is the primary goal of oxygen therapy in this condition?
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The nurse observes a patient with COPD practicing pursed-lip breathing. What does this indicate?
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A patient is diagnosed with an acute asthma attack. Which medication should the nurse administer first?
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A patient has a lung compliance of 0.2 L/cmHâ‚‚O and an airway resistance of 4 cmHâ‚‚O/L/s. You set pressure-controlled ventilation at 15 cmHâ‚‚O at 12 bpm with an I time of 2.5 s. What is the total cycle time?
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The nurse is caring for a client who is intubated and on mechanical ventilation. Which action is most effective in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)?
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The nurse is teaching a client with pneumonia about incentive spirometer use. What statement indicates correct understanding?
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The nurse prepares to administer a flu vaccine to a patient. Which condition requires the nurse to consult the provider first?
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Employee health test results reveal a tuberculosis (TB) skin test of 16-mm induration and a negative chest x-ray for a staff nurse working on the pulmonary unit. The nurse has no symptoms of TB. Which information should the occupational health nurse plan to teach the staff nurse?
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Which nursing action for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) could the nurse delegate to experienced unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?
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Which of the following will alert the nurse as an early sign of hypoxia?
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What should the nurse consider before a spiral CT with contrast for a patient with an iodine allergy?
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Explain the significance of the oxygen cycle.
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The nurse knows that anemia will result in
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The nurse is admitting a patient diagnosed with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). How should the nurse determine the appropriate Oâ‚‚ flow rate?
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What is the oxidation number of oxygen in Hâ‚‚Oâ‚‚?
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A nurse is caring for a patient with a history of stroke who is complaining of severe headache. What is the priority intervention?
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A client with a history of COPD reports increasing dyspnea. What is the nurse's priority assessment?
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A newborn infant is evaluated using the Apgar scoring system. The infant has a heart rate of 120 beats per minute, flexion of the extremities, cries vigorously, pulls away from suctioning, and is acrocyanotic. What is the Apgar score for this newborn?
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A patient has acute bronchitis with a nonproductive cough and wheezes. Which topic should the nurse plan to include in the teaching plan?
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An hour after a thoracotomy, a patient complains of incisional pain at a level 7 (based on 0 to 10 scale) and has decreased left-sided breath sounds. The pleural drainage system has 100 mL of bloody drainage and a large air leak. Which action should the nurse take?
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A patient with pneumonia reports severe pleuritic chest pain. What is the nurse's priority action?
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A patient with COPD complains of worsening fatigue and dyspnea. Which assessment finding requires immediate attention?
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The nurse who is caring for a patient recovering from a left partial lobectomy is concerned about the re-expansion of that lung. Which of the following nursing actions is most likely to result in the positive re-expansion of the affected left lung?
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The nurse teaches a patient about reducing the risk of influenza transmission. Which statement by the patient indicates a need for further teaching?
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A patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has poor gas exchange. Which action by the nurse would support the patient's ventilation?
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Which of the following statement by a client with prolonged vomiting indicates the initial onset of hypokalemia?
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A nurse is caring for a patient receiving anticoagulant therapy. What is the priority nursing intervention?
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What is the first line of treatment for OSA?
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Which assessment finding by the nurse supports the diagnosis that a client is in the early stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?
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The nurse is evaluating the effectiveness of a bronchodilator for a client with asthma. Which finding indicates improvement?
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The nurse is providing care to a client with sepsis due to a severely infected leg wound. The client states that he is having trouble breathing. Upon assessment, the nurse notes dyspnea, a respiratory rate of 32, the use of accessory muscles to breathe, and rales and rhonchi upon auscultation of the lungs. The nurse recognizes these findings as characteristic of what condition?
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A client has a tracheostomy that is 3 days old. Upon assessment, the nurse notes that the client's face is puffy and the eyelids are swollen. What action by the nurse is best?
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A nurse is caring for a patient with a history of asthma. The patient is experiencing wheezing. What is the priority nursing intervention?
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