NRSG 2220 EXAM 3 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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What are the clinical manifestations of respiratory distress? - Answer Cyanosis
Low O2 Stat
Bradycardia
Increase/decrease RR
Accessory muscle Use
Wheezing/Stridor
Pursed Lips
Sweating
Tripod Breathing
What are the parts of the thorax? - Answer lungs and pleura
What is important medical information to get from the patient about respiratory health? -
Answer Would want to know if the patient is smoking or vaping (what, how long, how
many, how often)
Past trauma or surgery
Cough-productive or nonproductive
Environmental factors
Where are bronchial breaths heard? - Answer Over the larynx and trachea
High pitched, harsh blowing sounds
Expiratory is longer
,Where are bronchovasular breaths heard? - Answer Mainstem bronchus
Moderate blowing sound
Inspiratory = Expiratory
Where are vesicular breaths heard? - Answer Most of the lung field
Soft, low-pitched, whispering sounds
Inspiratory is longer
What are wheezing breath sounds? - Answer Musical sounding, high pitched
Heard on patients with asthma
Heard on both inhalation and exhalation
What are rhonchi (wheeze) breath sounds? - Answer AKA Sonorous Wheeze
Sounds like snoring
Low-pitched
Heard on both inhalation and exhalation
Heard in patients with inflamed bronchi due to air passing through or around secretions
Coughing common
What are crackle breath sounds? - Answer Bubbling, popping
Due to air in lungs
Heard on inhalation
Heard inpatients with heart failure, pneumonia
What is stridor breath sounds? - Answer Narrowing of airways
Sound like barking
, Heard on inhalation
Prude pediatric patients can have this
What are friction rub breath sounds? - Answer Rubbing or grating sound
Pleura rubs against chest wall
Pleuritis or inflamed pleura
If any abnormal breath sounds are heard, what is important to listen for in order to
document? If any of these sounds are heard, listen for the loudness, pitch, duration,
timing in the respiratory cycle (inspiration vs. expiration), location on the chest wall,
variations with breathing, and any change after a cough or deep breath
What is included in a respiratory assessment? Listen to lung sounds
O2 saturation
Pulse pressure rate
What is a pulse oximeter? - Answer noninvasive technique that measures the peripheral
arterial oxyhemoglobin saturation (SpO2) of arterial blood.
What are the common symptoms of hypoxia? - Answer Dyspnea (difficulty breathing)on
exertion
Elevated blood pressure with a small pulse pressure
Increased respiratory and pulse rates
Pallor
Cyanosis
Anxiety
Restlessness
Confusion
Drowsiness
Low pulse pressure
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What are the clinical manifestations of respiratory distress? - Answer Cyanosis
Low O2 Stat
Bradycardia
Increase/decrease RR
Accessory muscle Use
Wheezing/Stridor
Pursed Lips
Sweating
Tripod Breathing
What are the parts of the thorax? - Answer lungs and pleura
What is important medical information to get from the patient about respiratory health? -
Answer Would want to know if the patient is smoking or vaping (what, how long, how
many, how often)
Past trauma or surgery
Cough-productive or nonproductive
Environmental factors
Where are bronchial breaths heard? - Answer Over the larynx and trachea
High pitched, harsh blowing sounds
Expiratory is longer
,Where are bronchovasular breaths heard? - Answer Mainstem bronchus
Moderate blowing sound
Inspiratory = Expiratory
Where are vesicular breaths heard? - Answer Most of the lung field
Soft, low-pitched, whispering sounds
Inspiratory is longer
What are wheezing breath sounds? - Answer Musical sounding, high pitched
Heard on patients with asthma
Heard on both inhalation and exhalation
What are rhonchi (wheeze) breath sounds? - Answer AKA Sonorous Wheeze
Sounds like snoring
Low-pitched
Heard on both inhalation and exhalation
Heard in patients with inflamed bronchi due to air passing through or around secretions
Coughing common
What are crackle breath sounds? - Answer Bubbling, popping
Due to air in lungs
Heard on inhalation
Heard inpatients with heart failure, pneumonia
What is stridor breath sounds? - Answer Narrowing of airways
Sound like barking
, Heard on inhalation
Prude pediatric patients can have this
What are friction rub breath sounds? - Answer Rubbing or grating sound
Pleura rubs against chest wall
Pleuritis or inflamed pleura
If any abnormal breath sounds are heard, what is important to listen for in order to
document? If any of these sounds are heard, listen for the loudness, pitch, duration,
timing in the respiratory cycle (inspiration vs. expiration), location on the chest wall,
variations with breathing, and any change after a cough or deep breath
What is included in a respiratory assessment? Listen to lung sounds
O2 saturation
Pulse pressure rate
What is a pulse oximeter? - Answer noninvasive technique that measures the peripheral
arterial oxyhemoglobin saturation (SpO2) of arterial blood.
What are the common symptoms of hypoxia? - Answer Dyspnea (difficulty breathing)on
exertion
Elevated blood pressure with a small pulse pressure
Increased respiratory and pulse rates
Pallor
Cyanosis
Anxiety
Restlessness
Confusion
Drowsiness
Low pulse pressure
