NU 308 Exam 2 Blueprint Part 2 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
COPD - CORRECT ANSWER - What is this: a slowly progressive respiratory disease of
airflow obstruction?
COPD - CORRECT ANSWER - What is this: emphysema and chronic bronchitis?
emphysema - CORRECT ANSWER - This is part of COPD: abnormal distention of air
spaces beyond the terminal bronchioles with destruction of the walls of the alveoli?
chronic bronchitis - CORRECT ANSWER - This is apart of COPD: cough and sputum
production for at least 3 months in each of 2 consecutive years?
COPD - CORRECT ANSWER - What is this: preventable and treatable, but not fully
reversible; involving the airways, pulmonary parenchyma, or both?
1. airflow limitation is progressive, associated with abnormal inflammatory response to noxious
particles or gases
2. chronic inflammation damages tissue
3. scar tissue in airway results in narrowing
4. scar tissue in the parenchyma decreases elastic recoil
5. scar tissue in pulmonary vasculature causes thickened vessel lining and hypertrophy of smooth
muscle - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the pathophysiology of COPD?
- cigarette smoking
- occupational chemicals and dust
- air pollution
, - infection
- heredity
- aging - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the risk factors for COPD?
- chronic cough
- sputum production
- dyspnea - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the three primary symptoms of COPD?
- weight loss due to dyspnea
- barrel chest
- clubbed fingers - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the clinical manifestations of COPD?
o Health history
o Pulmonary function tests
o Spirometry
o Arterial blood gas
o Chest x-ray - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the diagnosis of COPD?
o Respiratory insufficiency and failure
o Pneumonia
o Chronic atelectasis
o Pneumothorax
o Cor pulmonale - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the complications of COPD?
o Promote smoking cessation
o Reducing risk factors
o Managing exacerbations
o Providing supplemental oxygen therapy
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
COPD - CORRECT ANSWER - What is this: a slowly progressive respiratory disease of
airflow obstruction?
COPD - CORRECT ANSWER - What is this: emphysema and chronic bronchitis?
emphysema - CORRECT ANSWER - This is part of COPD: abnormal distention of air
spaces beyond the terminal bronchioles with destruction of the walls of the alveoli?
chronic bronchitis - CORRECT ANSWER - This is apart of COPD: cough and sputum
production for at least 3 months in each of 2 consecutive years?
COPD - CORRECT ANSWER - What is this: preventable and treatable, but not fully
reversible; involving the airways, pulmonary parenchyma, or both?
1. airflow limitation is progressive, associated with abnormal inflammatory response to noxious
particles or gases
2. chronic inflammation damages tissue
3. scar tissue in airway results in narrowing
4. scar tissue in the parenchyma decreases elastic recoil
5. scar tissue in pulmonary vasculature causes thickened vessel lining and hypertrophy of smooth
muscle - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the pathophysiology of COPD?
- cigarette smoking
- occupational chemicals and dust
- air pollution
, - infection
- heredity
- aging - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the risk factors for COPD?
- chronic cough
- sputum production
- dyspnea - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the three primary symptoms of COPD?
- weight loss due to dyspnea
- barrel chest
- clubbed fingers - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the clinical manifestations of COPD?
o Health history
o Pulmonary function tests
o Spirometry
o Arterial blood gas
o Chest x-ray - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the diagnosis of COPD?
o Respiratory insufficiency and failure
o Pneumonia
o Chronic atelectasis
o Pneumothorax
o Cor pulmonale - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the complications of COPD?
o Promote smoking cessation
o Reducing risk factors
o Managing exacerbations
o Providing supplemental oxygen therapy
