ATI Med-Surg Respiratory Learning Questions with correct answers

respiratory acidosis - Answer a nurse is caring for an older adult client who has COPD with pneumonia. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following acid-base imbalances? respiratory acidosis - Answer ______________ occurs in clients who have COPD because clients are unable to exhale carbon dioxide due to a loss of elastic recoil in the lungs metabolic acidosis - Answer clients who have severe diarrhea or kidney failure are at risk for development of ______________ metabolic alkalosis - Answer clients who use bicarbonate of soda as an antacid are at risk for ____________; excessive vomiting also places a client at risk respiratory alkalosis - Answer clients who hyperventilate experience _______________- tinnitus - Answer a nurse is preparing to administer cisplatin IV to a client who has lung cancer. The nurse should identify that which of the following findings is an adverse effect of this medication? pruritus - Answer ____________- is an adverse effect of methotrexate, which is used to treat cancer and rheumatoid arthritis hallucinations - Answer ____________ are an adverse effect of asparaginase, which is an antineoplastic medication used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia hand and foot syndrome - Answer _____________ is an adverse effect of capectabine, an antineoplastic medication used to treat breast and colorectal cancer