NSG-3800 Test 2 Questions with Verified
Correct Answers
Emphysema
rupture causing loss alveoli to perform O2 exchange
-Productive cough for more than 3 months
-Thick bronchial walls
-Frequent infections
Barrel chest
Pink puffer
Sarcoidosis
Common in African Americans
-gradual onset
-hemoptysis
-fibrosis
-uveitis (eyes)
-lesions on the skin
Sarcoidosis nursing management
Corticosteroids 12 months
Neutropenia precautions
High calorie, small frequent meals
Chronic Bronchitis
Alveoli boggy—> cannot take in or expel as much O2 and CO2
-Pulmonary HTN
, -Right sided heart failure
blue bloater
Pleurisy
Inflammation of both layers of the pleura
-sharp-knife like pain
-pain increase with deep breath, coughing, sneezing
-pain can radiate
-pleural friction rub
Pleurisy management and complications
-splint the chest wall while coughing
-will see patient breathing shallow and tachypnea
Simple pneumothorax
-spontaneous
-bleb rupture
-NO TRAUMA
(Young, very lean male)
Traumatic pneumthorax
-laceration
-chest wall wound
-hemothorax
Tension pneumothorax
Correct Answers
Emphysema
rupture causing loss alveoli to perform O2 exchange
-Productive cough for more than 3 months
-Thick bronchial walls
-Frequent infections
Barrel chest
Pink puffer
Sarcoidosis
Common in African Americans
-gradual onset
-hemoptysis
-fibrosis
-uveitis (eyes)
-lesions on the skin
Sarcoidosis nursing management
Corticosteroids 12 months
Neutropenia precautions
High calorie, small frequent meals
Chronic Bronchitis
Alveoli boggy—> cannot take in or expel as much O2 and CO2
-Pulmonary HTN
, -Right sided heart failure
blue bloater
Pleurisy
Inflammation of both layers of the pleura
-sharp-knife like pain
-pain increase with deep breath, coughing, sneezing
-pain can radiate
-pleural friction rub
Pleurisy management and complications
-splint the chest wall while coughing
-will see patient breathing shallow and tachypnea
Simple pneumothorax
-spontaneous
-bleb rupture
-NO TRAUMA
(Young, very lean male)
Traumatic pneumthorax
-laceration
-chest wall wound
-hemothorax
Tension pneumothorax