NURS 302 Exam 2 Questions With
Correct Answers
Kussmaul respirations - ANSWER✔✔✔-Rapid and deep
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True or false: You should educate your patient to take a long acting beta
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agonist (LABA) such as salmeterol to relieve symptoms of an acute
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asthma exacerbation - ANSWER✔✔✔-false.
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The nurse is taking a respiratory history for a patient who has come to
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the ER with a chronic cough. What information should the nurse obtain
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from the patient (select all that apply) - ANSWER✔✔✔-prior history of
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lung disease in the patient or family
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Occupational or environmental exposure to respiratory irritants
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Prior history of smoking
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A pulse oximetry monitor indicates that the patient has a drop in SpO2
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from 95% to 85% over several hours. what is the first action the nurse
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should take? - ANSWER✔✔✔-Check the position of the probe on the
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finger or earlobe. | |
, Your 56 year old patient who recently had an MI comes to the clinic with
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complaints of a dry nonproductive cough that doesn't go away. What
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medication should the nurse question the patient about taking? -
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ANSWER✔✔✔-Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor | | | |
The nurse would teach the COPD patient what style of breathing to
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positive expiratory pressure and to prevent alveolar collapse? -
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ANSWER✔✔✔-Pursed lip breathing | |
True or False: Albuterol is a short acting beta agonist (SABA) -
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ANSWER✔✔✔-true
warfarin therapeutic range and test - ANSWER✔✔✔-INR 2-3
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The abnormal assessment findings of dullness and hyper resonance are
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found with which assessment technique? - ANSWER✔✔✔-Percussion
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Your 46 year old female patient arrives to the ER with complaints of
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SOB. Physical exam shows a patient with a swollen face, swollen tongue
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and difficulty breathing. Which medication would you suspect is causing
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the condition - ANSWER✔✔✔-Enalapril (ACE inhibitor)
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Your pt patient is having an asthma attack and can't find their
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medication they use for quick relief. After the pt is stabilized, you as the
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Correct Answers
Kussmaul respirations - ANSWER✔✔✔-Rapid and deep
| | | | |
True or false: You should educate your patient to take a long acting beta
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
agonist (LABA) such as salmeterol to relieve symptoms of an acute
| | | | | | | | | | |
asthma exacerbation - ANSWER✔✔✔-false.
| | |
The nurse is taking a respiratory history for a patient who has come to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the ER with a chronic cough. What information should the nurse obtain
| | | | | | | | | | | |
from the patient (select all that apply) - ANSWER✔✔✔-prior history of
| | | | | | | | | | |
lung disease in the patient or family
| | | | | |
Occupational or environmental exposure to respiratory irritants
| | | | | |
Prior history of smoking
| | |
A pulse oximetry monitor indicates that the patient has a drop in SpO2
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
from 95% to 85% over several hours. what is the first action the nurse
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
should take? - ANSWER✔✔✔-Check the position of the probe on the
| | | | | | | | | | |
finger or earlobe. | |
, Your 56 year old patient who recently had an MI comes to the clinic with
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
complaints of a dry nonproductive cough that doesn't go away. What
| | | | | | | | | | | |
medication should the nurse question the patient about taking? -
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔✔-Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor | | | |
The nurse would teach the COPD patient what style of breathing to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
positive expiratory pressure and to prevent alveolar collapse? -
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔✔-Pursed lip breathing | |
True or False: Albuterol is a short acting beta agonist (SABA) -
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ANSWER✔✔✔-true
warfarin therapeutic range and test - ANSWER✔✔✔-INR 2-3
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The abnormal assessment findings of dullness and hyper resonance are
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found with which assessment technique? - ANSWER✔✔✔-Percussion
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Your 46 year old female patient arrives to the ER with complaints of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
SOB. Physical exam shows a patient with a swollen face, swollen tongue
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and difficulty breathing. Which medication would you suspect is causing
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the condition - ANSWER✔✔✔-Enalapril (ACE inhibitor)
| | | | | |
Your pt patient is having an asthma attack and can't find their
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medication they use for quick relief. After the pt is stabilized, you as the
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