PN 4003 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS STUDY GUIDE
●● a client comes into emergency with epitaxis what intervention should
be preformed?
Answer: direct pressure
●● the nurse is caring for a client that has expected laryngeal trauma,
post resp assessment what adventitious sound do you hear?
Answer: stridor
●● what is the cardinal sign of lung cancer?
Answer: mucopurulent sputum (containing both infectious, and pus like
material in sputum)
●● you care caring for a patient that has been submitting and diagnosed
for smoke inhalation,what are they most susceptible to?
Answer: acute respiratory syndrome
●● what should a nurse do first during an acute asthma attack?
Answer: administer brochodialotor, then brochosteroid
, ●● true or false? coarseness for greater than 2 weeks is a symptom that
should be further investigated
Answer: true
●● laryngitis is always caused by bacterial infection
Answer: false- can be also viral, or physical trauma
●● chest tubes allow for drainage of air, and liquids from the abdominal
cavity
Answer: true
●● pneumonia may be cause a bacterial/viral or airborne irritants
Answer: true
●● (quiz 2) the nurse is obtaining a history from a client who is admitted
to the hospital, the client states that they have a history of rheumatic
heart disease as a child, which long standing changes can occur with
rheumatic heart diseases
Answer: valvular changes
●● before administering dioxin to a client with valvular disease, the
nurse assesses the apical point and records 62 bpm, his usual is 66-72,
what is the best action for the nurse to take
Answer: administer dioxin
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS STUDY GUIDE
●● a client comes into emergency with epitaxis what intervention should
be preformed?
Answer: direct pressure
●● the nurse is caring for a client that has expected laryngeal trauma,
post resp assessment what adventitious sound do you hear?
Answer: stridor
●● what is the cardinal sign of lung cancer?
Answer: mucopurulent sputum (containing both infectious, and pus like
material in sputum)
●● you care caring for a patient that has been submitting and diagnosed
for smoke inhalation,what are they most susceptible to?
Answer: acute respiratory syndrome
●● what should a nurse do first during an acute asthma attack?
Answer: administer brochodialotor, then brochosteroid
, ●● true or false? coarseness for greater than 2 weeks is a symptom that
should be further investigated
Answer: true
●● laryngitis is always caused by bacterial infection
Answer: false- can be also viral, or physical trauma
●● chest tubes allow for drainage of air, and liquids from the abdominal
cavity
Answer: true
●● pneumonia may be cause a bacterial/viral or airborne irritants
Answer: true
●● (quiz 2) the nurse is obtaining a history from a client who is admitted
to the hospital, the client states that they have a history of rheumatic
heart disease as a child, which long standing changes can occur with
rheumatic heart diseases
Answer: valvular changes
●● before administering dioxin to a client with valvular disease, the
nurse assesses the apical point and records 62 bpm, his usual is 66-72,
what is the best action for the nurse to take
Answer: administer dioxin
