Respiratory NCLEX questions And Answers 2022/2023

A client is being prepared for a thoracentesis. The nurse assigned to care for the client assists the client to which of the following positions for the procedure? - Answer - Lying in bed on the unaffected side with the head of the bed elevated 45 degrees A nurse is providing endotracheal suctioning to a client who is mechanically ventilated when the client becomes restless and tachycardic. What should the nurse do? - Answer - Discontinue suctioning until the client is stabilized and monitor vital signs. A nurse is assigned to assist with caring for a client who has a chest tube. The nurse notes fluctuations of the fluid level in the water-seal chamber. Based on this observation, which action would be appropriate? - Answer - Continue to monitor, because this is an expected finding. A nurse is assigned to assist the health care provider with the removal of a chest tube. The nurse instructs the client to do which of the following during this process? - Answer - Perform Valsalva's maneuver A nurse is assisting in caring for a client with a chest tube. The nurse understands that which of the following is an incorrect action for the care of the client? - Answer - Pin the tubing to the bed linens. A nurse is assigned to care for a client who has a chest tube. The nurse is told to monitor the client for crepitus (subcutaneous emphysema). The nurse monitors the client for this complication by: - Answer - Palpating for the leakage of air into the subcutaneous tissues A nurse is told that an assigned client will have a fenestrated tracheostomy tube inserted. The nurse prepares the client for the procedure, knowing that this type of tube: - Answer - Enables the client to speak A nurse is assisting with monitoring the functioning of a chest-tube drainage system in a client who just returned from the recovery room after a thoracotomy with wedge resection. Which findings would the nurse expect to note? Select all that apply. - Answer - 3.50 mL of drainage in the drainage-collection chamber 4.The drainage system is maintained below the client's chest. 5.An occlusive dressing is in place over the chest-tube insertion site. 6.Fluctuation of water in the tube of the water-seal chamber during inhalation and exhalation A nurse is providing instr