PNH 301 – Week 11 Respiratory Sherpath Study Guide
b. "I should continue to do deep-breathing and coughing exercises for at least 6 weeks." -
correct answer ✔✔ Which statement by the client indicates that discharge teaching for a client
hospitalized with pneumonia has been effective?
a. "I will seek immediate medical treatment for any upper respiratory infections."
b. "I should continue to do deep-breathing and coughing exercises for at least 6 weeks."
c. "I will increase my food intake to 2 400 calories a day to keep my immune system well."
d. "I must have a follow-up chest x-ray in 6 months to evaluate the pneumonia's resolution."
a. Bacteremia
b. Pleurisy
e. Pleural effusion - correct answer ✔✔ What is a potential complication of pneumonia in older
adult clients? Select all that apply. One, some, or all responses may be correct.
a. Bacteremia
b.Pleurisy
c. Bronchitis
d. Encephalitis
e. Pleural effusion
f. Congestive heart disease
c. It can occur in clients during the first day or two of hospitalization. - correct answer ✔✔
Which information is true about community-aquired pneumonia (CAP)?
a. It is a chronic infection with mild to moderate symptoms.
b. Antibiotics are not started until a definite diagnosis and causative organisms are known.
c. It can occur in clients during the first day or two of hospitalization.
d. The decision to hospitalize or treat at home is based upon the client's support system.
, a. Instructing the client to splint the chest when coughing - correct answer ✔✔ To ease pleuritic
pain caused by pneumonia, which nursing intervention would be performed?
a. Instructing the client to splint the chest when coughing
b. Offering the client an incentive spirometer every 4 hours
c. Instructing the client on how to perform abdominal breathing
d. Encouraging the client use shallow breathing during episodes of pain
c. Aspiration pneumonia - correct answer ✔✔ Which type of pneumonia is most likely for a
client who reports a history of seizures with profuse vomiting?
a. Hospital-associated pneumonia
b. Community-acquired pneumonia
c. Aspiration pneumonia
d. Opportunistic pneumonia
a. Pneumococcal - correct answer ✔✔ During discharge teaching for a client with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) and pneumonia, which vaccine would the nurse recommend?
a. Pneumococcal
b. Staphylococcus aureus
c. Haemophilus influenzae
d. Bacille-Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
d. Intravenous corticosteroids - correct answer ✔✔ Which treatment would the nurse anticipate
next after a patient experiencing an acute asthma exacerbation has received a bronchodilator
and supplemental oxygen?
a. Chest x-ray
b. "I should continue to do deep-breathing and coughing exercises for at least 6 weeks." -
correct answer ✔✔ Which statement by the client indicates that discharge teaching for a client
hospitalized with pneumonia has been effective?
a. "I will seek immediate medical treatment for any upper respiratory infections."
b. "I should continue to do deep-breathing and coughing exercises for at least 6 weeks."
c. "I will increase my food intake to 2 400 calories a day to keep my immune system well."
d. "I must have a follow-up chest x-ray in 6 months to evaluate the pneumonia's resolution."
a. Bacteremia
b. Pleurisy
e. Pleural effusion - correct answer ✔✔ What is a potential complication of pneumonia in older
adult clients? Select all that apply. One, some, or all responses may be correct.
a. Bacteremia
b.Pleurisy
c. Bronchitis
d. Encephalitis
e. Pleural effusion
f. Congestive heart disease
c. It can occur in clients during the first day or two of hospitalization. - correct answer ✔✔
Which information is true about community-aquired pneumonia (CAP)?
a. It is a chronic infection with mild to moderate symptoms.
b. Antibiotics are not started until a definite diagnosis and causative organisms are known.
c. It can occur in clients during the first day or two of hospitalization.
d. The decision to hospitalize or treat at home is based upon the client's support system.
, a. Instructing the client to splint the chest when coughing - correct answer ✔✔ To ease pleuritic
pain caused by pneumonia, which nursing intervention would be performed?
a. Instructing the client to splint the chest when coughing
b. Offering the client an incentive spirometer every 4 hours
c. Instructing the client on how to perform abdominal breathing
d. Encouraging the client use shallow breathing during episodes of pain
c. Aspiration pneumonia - correct answer ✔✔ Which type of pneumonia is most likely for a
client who reports a history of seizures with profuse vomiting?
a. Hospital-associated pneumonia
b. Community-acquired pneumonia
c. Aspiration pneumonia
d. Opportunistic pneumonia
a. Pneumococcal - correct answer ✔✔ During discharge teaching for a client with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) and pneumonia, which vaccine would the nurse recommend?
a. Pneumococcal
b. Staphylococcus aureus
c. Haemophilus influenzae
d. Bacille-Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
d. Intravenous corticosteroids - correct answer ✔✔ Which treatment would the nurse anticipate
next after a patient experiencing an acute asthma exacerbation has received a bronchodilator
and supplemental oxygen?
a. Chest x-ray
