What is the relationship between the pressures at label '8'?
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Spirometry is used
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Question 3 of 30
While assessing an acutely ill patient's respiratory rate, the nurse assesses four normal breaths followed by an episode of apnea lasting 20 seconds. How should the nurse document this finding?
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Which of the following is NOT found in lung tissue?
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The nurse on the intermediate care unit received a change-of-shift report on four patients with hypertension. Which patient should the nurse assess first?
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Under quiet conditions, blood returning to the heart retains about ________ of its oxygen content.
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When obtaining a health history from a 76-year-old patient with suspected CAP, what does the nurse expect the patient or caregiver to report?
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Question 8 of 30
The surface area of the alveoli is about
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Question 9 of 30
The nurse assesses wheezes in a patient with asthma and realizes that these breath sounds result from:
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Question 10 of 30
Nurse Maureen has assisted a physician with the insertion of a chest tube. The nurse monitors the client and notes fluctuation of the fluid level in the water seal chamber after the tube is inserted. Based on this assessment, which action would be appropriate?
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Question 11 of 30
In human beings, rib case and sternum move upwardly and outwardly during
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Which of the following should the nurse include in the teaching plan of a client with acute bronchitis?
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Question 13 of 30
A nurse cares for a client who had a partial laryngectomy 10 days ago. The client states that all food tastes bland. How would the nurse respond?
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A female adult client has a tracheostomy but doesn't require continuous mechanical ventilation. When weaning the client from the tracheostomy tube, the nurse initially should plug the opening in the tube for:
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A nurse auscultates a harsh hollow sound over a client's trachea and larynx. What action would the nurse take first?
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What is the most effective treatment for cystic fibrosis?
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Which of the following lymphocytes are involved in innate immunity?
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Question 18 of 30
Severing the sensory fibers from the lungs would result in all of the following except
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Question 19 of 30
The covering of the lung is called
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Question 20 of 30
The nurse is caring for a first-day postoperative thoracotomy patient. The nurse assesses that
the level of drainage has not increased over the last 3 hours. After assessing the patient's
respiratory status, what should the nurse do next?
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Question 21 of 30
which of the following is a chronic respiratory disorder caused by smoking?
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Question 22 of 30
The ________ circulation picks up oxygen for cellular use and drops off carbon dioxide for removal from the body.
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The most common preventive drug therapy for tuberculosis is:
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O2 dissociation curve shift to R) by all of the following except
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Double Bohr effect (Oxygen curves for maternal and foetal Hb move apart in opposite directions) occurs in
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Inflammation of the lung covering causing severe chest pain is
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Question 27 of 30
When the diaphragm and external intercostals muscles contract, which of the following actions does NOT occur?
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Question 28 of 30
The organs of the respiratory zone of the respiratory system include all the following EXCEPT:
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Question 29 of 30
Which assessment findings aren't consistent with a client diagnosis of right-sided heart failure?
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Question 30 of 30
Client history and assessment reveals all of these findings. Which finding supports the diagnosis of PE?
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