NCLEX RN QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
|RATIONALES LATEST UPDATE
written by
MBOFFIN
The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material
At Stuvia, you will find the best notes, summaries, flashcards & other study material. Search for your school or uni and find the
study material you need.
www.stuvia.com
Downloaded by: MBOFFIN | Want to earn $1.236
Distribution of this document is illegal extra per year?
, Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material
NCLEX RN QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
|RATIONALES LATEST UPDATE
1. The nurse is taking the health history of a patient being treated for Emphy sema and
Chronic Bronchitis. After being told the patient has been smoking cigarettes for 30 years, the
nurse expects to note which assessment finding?
1. Increase in Forced Vital Capacity (FVC)
2. A narrowed chest cavity
3. Clubbed fingers
4. An increased risk of cardiac failure: 1. Increase in Forced Vital Capacity (FVC Forced Vital
Capacity is the volume of air exhaled from full inhalation to full exhala tion. A patient with COPD
would have a decrease in FVC. Incorrect.
2. A narrowed chest cavity
A patient with COPD often presents with a 'barrel chest,' which is seen as a widened chest cavity.
Incorrect.
3. Clubbed fingers - CORRECT
Clubbed fingers are a sign of a long-term, or chronic, decrease in oxygen levels.
4. An increased risk of cardiac failure
Although a patient with these conditions would indeed be at an increased risk
https://www.stuvia.com/user/Mboffin
Downloaded by: MBOFFIN | Want to earn $1.236
Distribution of this document is illegal extra per year?
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
|RATIONALES LATEST UPDATE
written by
MBOFFIN
The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material
At Stuvia, you will find the best notes, summaries, flashcards & other study material. Search for your school or uni and find the
study material you need.
www.stuvia.com
Downloaded by: MBOFFIN | Want to earn $1.236
Distribution of this document is illegal extra per year?
, Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material
NCLEX RN QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
|RATIONALES LATEST UPDATE
1. The nurse is taking the health history of a patient being treated for Emphy sema and
Chronic Bronchitis. After being told the patient has been smoking cigarettes for 30 years, the
nurse expects to note which assessment finding?
1. Increase in Forced Vital Capacity (FVC)
2. A narrowed chest cavity
3. Clubbed fingers
4. An increased risk of cardiac failure: 1. Increase in Forced Vital Capacity (FVC Forced Vital
Capacity is the volume of air exhaled from full inhalation to full exhala tion. A patient with COPD
would have a decrease in FVC. Incorrect.
2. A narrowed chest cavity
A patient with COPD often presents with a 'barrel chest,' which is seen as a widened chest cavity.
Incorrect.
3. Clubbed fingers - CORRECT
Clubbed fingers are a sign of a long-term, or chronic, decrease in oxygen levels.
4. An increased risk of cardiac failure
Although a patient with these conditions would indeed be at an increased risk
https://www.stuvia.com/user/Mboffin
Downloaded by: MBOFFIN | Want to earn $1.236
Distribution of this document is illegal extra per year?
