NSg-316 Exam 3 UPDATED Study Guide
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
- Hypercapnia - CORRECT ANSWERS increase of carbon
dioxide in the blood
Hypoxemia - CORRECT ANSWERS decrease of oxygen in
the blood
Ventilation - CORRECT ANSWERS physical act of breathing
- inspiration and expiration
Ventilation changes chest sizes - CORRECT ANSWERS
Inspiration: vertical diameter lengthens/anteroposterior
increases
Expiration: vertical diameter shortens/anteroposterior decreases
Adging adult with respiratory - CORRECT ANSWERS -
elasticity decreases
-airways close= decreased vital capcity
Subjective Data - CORRECT ANSWERS cough, SOB, chest
pain, hx of resp. infections, smoking hx, enviornmental exposure,
patient-centered care
Color of sputum - CORRECT ANSWERS white or clear-
colds, bronchtiis, viral infections
, yellow or green- bacterial
rust colored- TB, pneumonial
pink, frothy- pulmonary edema
Characteristic cough - CORRECT ANSWERS mycoplasma
pneumonia-hacking
early heart failure-dry
croup-barking
colds, bronchitis, pneumonia- congested
Timing of Cough - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS difficult breathing when
supine. ask how much pillows they sleep with
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea - CORRECT ANSWERS
awakening from sleep with SOB and the need to sit upright to
breathe
Diaphoresis - CORRECT ANSWERS excessive sweating
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
- Hypercapnia - CORRECT ANSWERS increase of carbon
dioxide in the blood
Hypoxemia - CORRECT ANSWERS decrease of oxygen in
the blood
Ventilation - CORRECT ANSWERS physical act of breathing
- inspiration and expiration
Ventilation changes chest sizes - CORRECT ANSWERS
Inspiration: vertical diameter lengthens/anteroposterior
increases
Expiration: vertical diameter shortens/anteroposterior decreases
Adging adult with respiratory - CORRECT ANSWERS -
elasticity decreases
-airways close= decreased vital capcity
Subjective Data - CORRECT ANSWERS cough, SOB, chest
pain, hx of resp. infections, smoking hx, enviornmental exposure,
patient-centered care
Color of sputum - CORRECT ANSWERS white or clear-
colds, bronchtiis, viral infections
, yellow or green- bacterial
rust colored- TB, pneumonial
pink, frothy- pulmonary edema
Characteristic cough - CORRECT ANSWERS mycoplasma
pneumonia-hacking
early heart failure-dry
croup-barking
colds, bronchitis, pneumonia- congested
Timing of Cough - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS difficult breathing when
supine. ask how much pillows they sleep with
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea - CORRECT ANSWERS
awakening from sleep with SOB and the need to sit upright to
breathe
Diaphoresis - CORRECT ANSWERS excessive sweating
