NSG 316 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Hypercapnia - ANS increase of carbon dioxide in the blood
Hypoxemia - ANS decrease of oxygen in the blood
Ventilation - ANS physical act of breathing - inspiration and expiration
Ventilation changes chest sizes - ANS Inspiration: vertical diameter lengthens/anteroposterior
increases
Expiration: vertical diameter shortens/anteroposterior decreases
Adging adult with respiratory - ANS - elasticity decreases
-airways close= decreased vital capcity
Subjective Data - ANS cough, SOB, chest pain, hx of resp. infections, smoking hx,
enviornmental exposure, patient-centered care
Color of sputum - ANS white or clear- colds, bronchtiis, viral infections
yellow or green- bacterial
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, rust colored- TB, pneumonial
pink, frothy- pulmonary edema
Characteristic cough - ANS mycoplasma pneumonia-hacking
early heart failure-dry
croup-barking
colds, bronchitis, pneumonia- congested
Timing of Cough - ANS continuous throughout day—acute illness (e.g., respiratory infection);
afternoon/evening—may be exposure to irritants at work;
night—postnasal drip, sinusitis;
early morning—chronic bronchial inflammation of smokers.
Orthopnea - ANS difficult breathing when supine. ask how much pillows they sleep with
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea - ANS awakening from sleep with SOB and the need to sit
upright to breathe
Diaphoresis - ANS excessive sweating
Thoracic cage normal vs abnormal - ANS normal: shape and configuration of the chest wall is
symmetric
abnormal: scoliosis, kyphosis
normal: AP < transverse diameter
abnormal: Ap > transverse aka barrel
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ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Hypercapnia - ANS increase of carbon dioxide in the blood
Hypoxemia - ANS decrease of oxygen in the blood
Ventilation - ANS physical act of breathing - inspiration and expiration
Ventilation changes chest sizes - ANS Inspiration: vertical diameter lengthens/anteroposterior
increases
Expiration: vertical diameter shortens/anteroposterior decreases
Adging adult with respiratory - ANS - elasticity decreases
-airways close= decreased vital capcity
Subjective Data - ANS cough, SOB, chest pain, hx of resp. infections, smoking hx,
enviornmental exposure, patient-centered care
Color of sputum - ANS white or clear- colds, bronchtiis, viral infections
yellow or green- bacterial
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, rust colored- TB, pneumonial
pink, frothy- pulmonary edema
Characteristic cough - ANS mycoplasma pneumonia-hacking
early heart failure-dry
croup-barking
colds, bronchitis, pneumonia- congested
Timing of Cough - ANS continuous throughout day—acute illness (e.g., respiratory infection);
afternoon/evening—may be exposure to irritants at work;
night—postnasal drip, sinusitis;
early morning—chronic bronchial inflammation of smokers.
Orthopnea - ANS difficult breathing when supine. ask how much pillows they sleep with
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea - ANS awakening from sleep with SOB and the need to sit
upright to breathe
Diaphoresis - ANS excessive sweating
Thoracic cage normal vs abnormal - ANS normal: shape and configuration of the chest wall is
symmetric
abnormal: scoliosis, kyphosis
normal: AP < transverse diameter
abnormal: Ap > transverse aka barrel
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