NUR 555 -quiz 6 : Questions And Answers Rated A+ New Update Assured Satisfaction-SNHU

A patient has been diagnosed with an empyema. What does the healthcare professional tell the patient about this condition? Select one. Question options: a) You will be given a long course of antiviral medication. b) These blebs in your lungs can rupture with exercise. c) We will watch you for respiratory muscle fatigue. d) We will have to drain the pus out of your pleural space. Hide question 1 feedback Feedback Empyema is the presence of pus in the pleural space. The usual treatment is drainage of a chest tube and administration of antibiotics (not antivirals). Blebs are the cause of som pneumothorax and they can rupture with exercise. Respiratory muscle fatigue may deve this is a vague finding not directly related to empyema. 1.2 / 1.2 points Which immunoglobulin (Ig) is present in childhood asthma? Select one. Question options: a) IgE b) IgM c) IgG d) IgA Hide question 2 feedback Feedback Included in the long list of asthma-associated genes are those that code for increased le inflammatory mediators (e.g., interleukin [IL]-4, IgE, leukotrienes), nitric oxide, and tran the endoplasmic reticulum. IgM, IgG, and IgA are not associated with childhood asthma. 1.2 / 1.2 points A healthcare professional is educating a community parent group and informs them that which type of croup is most common? Select one. Question options: a) Autoimmune b) Bacterial c) Fungal d) Viral Hide question 3 feedback Feedback In 85% of children with croup, a virus is the cause, most commonly parainfluenza. The would inform the parent group of this fact. ion 4 1.2 / 1.2 points A patient has long-standing pulmonary disease and chronic hypoxia. The student assesses the patient's fingertips and notices bulbous enlargement of the distal segment of the digits. How does the student document this finding? Select one. Question options: a) Osteoarthropathy b) Clubbing c) Angling d) Edema Hide question 4 feedback Feedback Clubbing is the selective bulbous enlargement of the end (distal segment) of a digit (fing commonly associated with diseases that interfere with oxygenation, such as bronchiecta pulmonary fibrosis, lung abscess, and congenital heart disease. Edema is swelling cause The normal angle of the fingernail at the nail plate/proximal end of the nail is 160 degre would describe an angle of 180 degrees indicates clubbing. Osteoarthropathy is a gene disease of bone or joint. ion 5 1.2 / 1.2 points The student asks a professor to explain how tuberculosis (TB) can remain dormant in some people. What explanation by the professor is best? Select one. Question options: a) Virulence factors in the bacilli weaken over time leading to apoptosis. b) Macrophages attack and phagocytize new areas of infection. c) It does not remain dormant but some host defenses can kill the bacteria. d) The bacilli can become isolated within tubercles in the lungs. Hide question 5 feedback Feedback Neutrophils, lymphocytes, and macrophages seal off colonies of the TB bacilli, forming tubercles of scar tissue that isolates them. In this manner, and with developing immunit dormant sometimes for years or for life. Some bacilli are killed by host defenses but not of the disease. Macrophages do phagocytize some of the bacilli. Virulence factors do not ion 6 1.2 / 1.2 points Which type of pulmonary disease requires more force to expire a volume of air? Select one. Question options: a) Obstructive b) Restrictive c) Acute d) Communicable Hide question 6 feedback Feedback Obstructive pulmonary disease is characterized by airway obstruction that is worse with more force (i.e., the use of accessory muscles of expiration) or more time is required to of air. Restrictive disorders are characterized by decreased lung tissue compliance. Acut or severe. Communicable means transmittable. ion 7 1.2 / 1.2 points