AACN ECCO PULMONARY PART 1 EXAM
AACN ECCO PULMONARY PART 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
What are the nursing priorities for patient care before, during,
or after thoracentesis? ANS >> Position patient sitting on or
lying...
Continually monitor...
Help attach tubes to chest drainage...
A nurse caring for a patient with ARDS on BiPAP observes rapid
progression and tachypnoea with RR between 37 and 41. What
intervention should the nurse anticipate? ANS >> Call
emergency team for rapid intubation
For which purposes are EtCO2 monitoring indicated? ANS >>
WRONG
Determining accurate...
Monitoring patients recovering from general...
,AACN ECCO PULMONARY PART 1 EXAM
Measuring effectiveness of CPR
A patient has the following ABG results: pH 7.25, PaCO2 43,
PaO2 80, SaO2 91%, and HCO3- 18. What is the most likely
underlying cause? ANS >> Acute kidney injury
Which patient has an indication for oxygen therapy with a low-
flow device? ANS >> Who is postoperative...
A patient with respiratory failure following cardiac surgery has
crackles in bilateral posterior lower lobes and is on 4 L/min NC.
Which interventions will promote normal respiratory function?
ANS >> Reduce anxiety...
Ensure early progressive mobility...
Administer bronchodilators...
A nurse monitoring a patient undergoing bedside bronchoscopy
notes a decline in a patient's oxygen saturation. Which should
the nurse anticipate? ANS >> Auscultate lung sounds...
Provide supplemental O2...
Monitor EtCO2
, AACN ECCO PULMONARY PART 1 EXAM
The ABG test results for a patient with a spinal cord injury are
pH 7.29, PaCO2 54, and HCO3- 25. Which acid-base disorder is
reflected? ANS >> Respiratory acidosis
A patient with COPD on PEEP reports sudden chest pain. The
nurse observes tachycardia and shortness of breath. Which
other conditions should the nurse have expected? ANS >>
Decreased PaCO2 levels...
Decreased chest excursion on one side...
Decreased SaO2 level
Which are correct statements about a closed-chest drainage
system or component? ANS >> To drain, system pressure must
be lower...
Gravity, and sometimes suction...
Wet suction chambers create suction...
A nurse caring for a patient with worsening hypoxia should
anticipate which signs of ARDS? ANS >> PaO2/FiO2 below
300...
PEEP requirements of at least 5...
Respiratory failure unexplained...
AACN ECCO PULMONARY PART 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
What are the nursing priorities for patient care before, during,
or after thoracentesis? ANS >> Position patient sitting on or
lying...
Continually monitor...
Help attach tubes to chest drainage...
A nurse caring for a patient with ARDS on BiPAP observes rapid
progression and tachypnoea with RR between 37 and 41. What
intervention should the nurse anticipate? ANS >> Call
emergency team for rapid intubation
For which purposes are EtCO2 monitoring indicated? ANS >>
WRONG
Determining accurate...
Monitoring patients recovering from general...
,AACN ECCO PULMONARY PART 1 EXAM
Measuring effectiveness of CPR
A patient has the following ABG results: pH 7.25, PaCO2 43,
PaO2 80, SaO2 91%, and HCO3- 18. What is the most likely
underlying cause? ANS >> Acute kidney injury
Which patient has an indication for oxygen therapy with a low-
flow device? ANS >> Who is postoperative...
A patient with respiratory failure following cardiac surgery has
crackles in bilateral posterior lower lobes and is on 4 L/min NC.
Which interventions will promote normal respiratory function?
ANS >> Reduce anxiety...
Ensure early progressive mobility...
Administer bronchodilators...
A nurse monitoring a patient undergoing bedside bronchoscopy
notes a decline in a patient's oxygen saturation. Which should
the nurse anticipate? ANS >> Auscultate lung sounds...
Provide supplemental O2...
Monitor EtCO2
, AACN ECCO PULMONARY PART 1 EXAM
The ABG test results for a patient with a spinal cord injury are
pH 7.29, PaCO2 54, and HCO3- 25. Which acid-base disorder is
reflected? ANS >> Respiratory acidosis
A patient with COPD on PEEP reports sudden chest pain. The
nurse observes tachycardia and shortness of breath. Which
other conditions should the nurse have expected? ANS >>
Decreased PaCO2 levels...
Decreased chest excursion on one side...
Decreased SaO2 level
Which are correct statements about a closed-chest drainage
system or component? ANS >> To drain, system pressure must
be lower...
Gravity, and sometimes suction...
Wet suction chambers create suction...
A nurse caring for a patient with worsening hypoxia should
anticipate which signs of ARDS? ANS >> PaO2/FiO2 below
300...
PEEP requirements of at least 5...
Respiratory failure unexplained...
