COPD NCLEX Exam Questions and answers
1. thick sputum
2. hypoxemia
3. wheezing, crackles
4. weight loss
5. clubbed fingernails
**What symptoms are emphysema
Wheezing and crackles, weight loss and clubbing fingers
What symptoms are bronchitis?
1. wheezing
2. Productive Cough
2. pursed-lip breathing
3. weight loss
4. thick, tentaneous sputum
5. Hypoxemia
6. Productive Cough
1. Productive cough
2. thick, tentaneous sputum
3. Hypoxemia
4. Productive cough
What are important interventions for COPD
1. fluids 2 to 3 L if not contraindicated
2. encourage high-calorie diet
3. take frequent rest breaks
What is a therapeutic measurement for COPD?
chest physiotherapy
What are two important education pieces for COPD?
1. smoking cessation
2. encourage immunizations for pneumonia and influenza
"right-sided heart failure caused by pulmonary disease"
Cor Pulmonale
What are the s/s of For Pulmonale?
P = pulmonary hypertension
U= unusal fluid in neck (JVD)
L = Liver enlarged (Hepatolomegly)
1. thick sputum
2. hypoxemia
3. wheezing, crackles
4. weight loss
5. clubbed fingernails
**What symptoms are emphysema
Wheezing and crackles, weight loss and clubbing fingers
What symptoms are bronchitis?
1. wheezing
2. Productive Cough
2. pursed-lip breathing
3. weight loss
4. thick, tentaneous sputum
5. Hypoxemia
6. Productive Cough
1. Productive cough
2. thick, tentaneous sputum
3. Hypoxemia
4. Productive cough
What are important interventions for COPD
1. fluids 2 to 3 L if not contraindicated
2. encourage high-calorie diet
3. take frequent rest breaks
What is a therapeutic measurement for COPD?
chest physiotherapy
What are two important education pieces for COPD?
1. smoking cessation
2. encourage immunizations for pneumonia and influenza
"right-sided heart failure caused by pulmonary disease"
Cor Pulmonale
What are the s/s of For Pulmonale?
P = pulmonary hypertension
U= unusal fluid in neck (JVD)
L = Liver enlarged (Hepatolomegly)
