NUR 3065 RESPIRATORY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Health history - ANS Any risk factors for respiratory disease
Smoking
pack years ppd X # years
exposure to smoke
history of attempts to quit, methods, results
Sedentary lifestyle, immobilization
Age
Environmental exposure
Dust, chemicals, asbestos, air pollution
Obesity
Family history
Health History questions - ANS Cough
Shortness of breath- dyspnea
Orthopnea- difficulty breathing when supine -lying down, # pillows to keep up
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea- awaking with SOB, needs to be upright for comfort
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,Asthma
Chest pain with breathing- resp, cardiac, gastro with reflux
History of respiratory infections
Smoking history
Environmental exposure
Self-care behaviors
medical history - ANS Respiratory infections or diseases (URI)
Trauma
Surgery
Chronic conditions of other systems
Family history - ANS -Tuberculosis
-emphysema
-Lung cancer
-allergies
-asthma
History: cough - ANS Type - dry (early heart failure), moist, wet/congested (colds, bronchitis,
pneumonia), productive, hoarse, hacking, barking (croup), whooping,
Onset
Duration
Pattern - activities, time of day, weather (all day- infection, irritants, night- postnasal drip,
morning- smokers chronic inflammation)
Severity and effect on ADLs
Wheezing
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, Associated symptoms
Treatment and effectiveness
history: cough (sputum) - ANS Amount
Presence of blood (hemoptysis)
Odor
Consistency
Pattern of production
Color-
white or clear- mucoid with colds, viral, bronchitis
Yellow or green- bacterial infections
Rust colored- TB, pneumonia
Pink, frothy- pulmonary edema,
Position and surface landmarks - ANS Thoracic cage is a bony structure with a conical shape,
which is narrower at top.
Defined by sternum, 12 pairs of ribs, and 12 thoracic vertebrae
Floor is the diaphragm, a musculotendinous septum that separates thoracic cavity from
abdomen.
First seven ribs attach to sternum by costal cartilages.
Ribs 8, 9, and 10 attach to costal cartilage above.
Ribs 11 and 12 are "floating," with free palpable tips.
Costochondral junctions are points at which ribs join their cartilages; they are not palpable.
Sternum: "breastbone" has three parts; manubrium, body, and xiphoid process
Four major functions of respiratory system: - ANS 1) Supplying oxygen to the body for energy
production
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Health history - ANS Any risk factors for respiratory disease
Smoking
pack years ppd X # years
exposure to smoke
history of attempts to quit, methods, results
Sedentary lifestyle, immobilization
Age
Environmental exposure
Dust, chemicals, asbestos, air pollution
Obesity
Family history
Health History questions - ANS Cough
Shortness of breath- dyspnea
Orthopnea- difficulty breathing when supine -lying down, # pillows to keep up
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea- awaking with SOB, needs to be upright for comfort
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,Asthma
Chest pain with breathing- resp, cardiac, gastro with reflux
History of respiratory infections
Smoking history
Environmental exposure
Self-care behaviors
medical history - ANS Respiratory infections or diseases (URI)
Trauma
Surgery
Chronic conditions of other systems
Family history - ANS -Tuberculosis
-emphysema
-Lung cancer
-allergies
-asthma
History: cough - ANS Type - dry (early heart failure), moist, wet/congested (colds, bronchitis,
pneumonia), productive, hoarse, hacking, barking (croup), whooping,
Onset
Duration
Pattern - activities, time of day, weather (all day- infection, irritants, night- postnasal drip,
morning- smokers chronic inflammation)
Severity and effect on ADLs
Wheezing
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, Associated symptoms
Treatment and effectiveness
history: cough (sputum) - ANS Amount
Presence of blood (hemoptysis)
Odor
Consistency
Pattern of production
Color-
white or clear- mucoid with colds, viral, bronchitis
Yellow or green- bacterial infections
Rust colored- TB, pneumonia
Pink, frothy- pulmonary edema,
Position and surface landmarks - ANS Thoracic cage is a bony structure with a conical shape,
which is narrower at top.
Defined by sternum, 12 pairs of ribs, and 12 thoracic vertebrae
Floor is the diaphragm, a musculotendinous septum that separates thoracic cavity from
abdomen.
First seven ribs attach to sternum by costal cartilages.
Ribs 8, 9, and 10 attach to costal cartilage above.
Ribs 11 and 12 are "floating," with free palpable tips.
Costochondral junctions are points at which ribs join their cartilages; they are not palpable.
Sternum: "breastbone" has three parts; manubrium, body, and xiphoid process
Four major functions of respiratory system: - ANS 1) Supplying oxygen to the body for energy
production
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