Advanced Nursing 6001 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Patients with COPD when they first start coughing the cough is
referred to as: -
correct answer ✅Smoker's cough
When a person starts Chantix, they need to set a goal such as... -
correct answer ✅1 week to quit smoking
If they are using nicotine gum, they need to chew the gum until... -
correct answer ✅it becomes soft and then place in the buccal
mucosa.
A chronic cough is a cough that lasts longer than -
correct answer ✅8 weeks
Behavioral steps of smoking cessation: -
correct answer ✅Precontemplation; Preparation; Action;
Maintenance
The major muscle of inspiration is the -
correct answer ✅diaphragm
,Advanced Nursing 6001 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
An average cigarette contains -
correct answer ✅15-20mg nicotine
Cigarette smoking can increase the risk of a... -
correct answer ✅pneumothorax
Key characteristics of asthma are -
correct answer ✅chronic airway inflammation and bronchial
hyperresponsiveness with intermittent, reversible airway
obstruction.
Asthma attacks are characterized by two phases- -
correct answer ✅the early response and the late response.
Asthma - The early response is primarily related to -
correct answer ✅bronchospasm and bronchoconstriction It peaks
within 30 minutes and resolves within 3 hours.
Asthma - A late response can occur.... -
correct answer ✅a few hours after the early response. This phase
is related to airway edema and mucus production.
,Advanced Nursing 6001 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Two medications to take for asthma -
correct answer ✅A long-acting beta agonist and an inhaled
corticosteroid should be taken with asthma.
A patient on theophylline needs to have levels checked and they
need to remain between -
correct answer ✅5-15MCG/ml.
Examples of LABA for asthma -
correct answer ✅Salmeterol xinafoate (also sold as Serevent
Formoterol fumarate (also sold as Foradil)
AlbuterolSulfate
Combination LABA and Inhaled Corticosteriods -
correct answer ✅Fluticasone propionate and salmeterol xinafoate
(Sold as Advair Diskus)* * Approved for children 4 and over. Advair
contains two active components. In addition to the long-acting
beta-agonists, salmeterol xinafoate, it also contains an inhaled
corticosteroid, fluticasone propionate
, Advanced Nursing 6001 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
If patient does not wish to quit smoking should you continue to ask
them at every visit about their plan to quit? -
correct answer ✅Yes
Because of the narrow therapeutic window of theophylline and its
many side effects, physicians should monitor the following in the
patient: -
correct answer ✅The heart rate of the patient
CNS effects (headache, insomnia, irritability)
The respiratory rate
Patient's arterial or capillary blood gases
The patient's electrolyte concentrations, fluid balance, and acid-
base balance require monitoring during prolonged IV therapy.
Serum theophylline concentrations should be checked after what
type of changes? -
correct answer ✅after the initiation of therapy, before increasing
dose, and if any signs or symptoms of toxicity appear. Worsening of
the current illness, an occurrence of a new illness, or any change in
the patient's treatment protocol that may alter theophylline
clearance should also prompt the physician to check serum
concentrations of theophylline.
& Answers (Grade A+)
Patients with COPD when they first start coughing the cough is
referred to as: -
correct answer ✅Smoker's cough
When a person starts Chantix, they need to set a goal such as... -
correct answer ✅1 week to quit smoking
If they are using nicotine gum, they need to chew the gum until... -
correct answer ✅it becomes soft and then place in the buccal
mucosa.
A chronic cough is a cough that lasts longer than -
correct answer ✅8 weeks
Behavioral steps of smoking cessation: -
correct answer ✅Precontemplation; Preparation; Action;
Maintenance
The major muscle of inspiration is the -
correct answer ✅diaphragm
,Advanced Nursing 6001 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
An average cigarette contains -
correct answer ✅15-20mg nicotine
Cigarette smoking can increase the risk of a... -
correct answer ✅pneumothorax
Key characteristics of asthma are -
correct answer ✅chronic airway inflammation and bronchial
hyperresponsiveness with intermittent, reversible airway
obstruction.
Asthma attacks are characterized by two phases- -
correct answer ✅the early response and the late response.
Asthma - The early response is primarily related to -
correct answer ✅bronchospasm and bronchoconstriction It peaks
within 30 minutes and resolves within 3 hours.
Asthma - A late response can occur.... -
correct answer ✅a few hours after the early response. This phase
is related to airway edema and mucus production.
,Advanced Nursing 6001 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
Two medications to take for asthma -
correct answer ✅A long-acting beta agonist and an inhaled
corticosteroid should be taken with asthma.
A patient on theophylline needs to have levels checked and they
need to remain between -
correct answer ✅5-15MCG/ml.
Examples of LABA for asthma -
correct answer ✅Salmeterol xinafoate (also sold as Serevent
Formoterol fumarate (also sold as Foradil)
AlbuterolSulfate
Combination LABA and Inhaled Corticosteriods -
correct answer ✅Fluticasone propionate and salmeterol xinafoate
(Sold as Advair Diskus)* * Approved for children 4 and over. Advair
contains two active components. In addition to the long-acting
beta-agonists, salmeterol xinafoate, it also contains an inhaled
corticosteroid, fluticasone propionate
, Advanced Nursing 6001 Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
If patient does not wish to quit smoking should you continue to ask
them at every visit about their plan to quit? -
correct answer ✅Yes
Because of the narrow therapeutic window of theophylline and its
many side effects, physicians should monitor the following in the
patient: -
correct answer ✅The heart rate of the patient
CNS effects (headache, insomnia, irritability)
The respiratory rate
Patient's arterial or capillary blood gases
The patient's electrolyte concentrations, fluid balance, and acid-
base balance require monitoring during prolonged IV therapy.
Serum theophylline concentrations should be checked after what
type of changes? -
correct answer ✅after the initiation of therapy, before increasing
dose, and if any signs or symptoms of toxicity appear. Worsening of
the current illness, an occurrence of a new illness, or any change in
the patient's treatment protocol that may alter theophylline
clearance should also prompt the physician to check serum
concentrations of theophylline.
