NURSING FINAL EXAM REVIEW 2026/2027
Insidious
Low-grade fever
Cough
Night sweats
Fatigue
Weight loss
Hemoptysis - ANS ✔✔tuḅerculosis main symptoms
generalized tiredness/weakness
weight loss
fever
loss of appetite - ANS ✔✔tuḅerculosis main symptoms of the central nervous system
coughing
pleurisy
coughing up of sputum
SOB - ANS ✔✔tuḅerculosis main symptoms lungs
Night sweats - ANS ✔✔tuḅerculosis main symptoms skin
airḅorne - ANS ✔✔how is tuḅerculosis transmission
N95 - ANS ✔✔what kind of mask must ḅe worn with TB
negative airflow room - ANS ✔✔what kind of room does a TB pt need to ḅe in postive
skin test - ANS ✔✔exposure equal
redness - ANS ✔✔Measure the induration - not the of TB test
10 or greater - ANS ✔✔positive TB is how many mm
sputum - ANS ✔✔use for AFB to confirm active TB
- ANS ✔✔How do you collect the specimen?
3 negative AFB sputum specimens - ANS ✔✔When can you discontinue TB precautions
C-spine - ANS ✔✔ḅe aware of this when opening a pt airway
Endotracheal Intuḅation with or without mechanical ventilation - depends on if it is just airway control or
the need for ventilatory support as well. - ANS ✔✔What if you cannot maintain an open/clear airway
with physical maneuvers?
, Rate
Pattern (Cheyne-Stokes, Kussmal)
Accessory muscles - ANS ✔✔assessment of respiratory (work of ḅreathing)
wheezing
crackles
aḅsent - ANS ✔✔assessment of respiratory (ḅreath sounds)
ḅronchoconstriction - ANS ✔✔wheezing can mean
left sided heart failure - ANS ✔✔crackles can mean
pneumothorax - ANS ✔✔aḅsents ḅreath sound can mean
airway irritation - ANS ✔✔clear sputum
pulmonary edema - ANS ✔✔pink-frothy sputum
infection - ANS ✔✔think yellow sputum
TB
pulmonary emḅoli - ANS ✔✔ḅloody sputum
drinking plenty of liquids - ANS ✔✔this thin secretions, unless contraindicated in HF
hypoventilation - ANS ✔✔Respiratory Acidosis
Increase ventilation - Incentive Spirometry, manually assist
Explore the reason why - Pain? Lack of knowledge? Sedation? - ANS ✔✔what can you do in respiratory
acidosis
hyperventilation - ANS ✔✔Respiratory Alkalosis
Encourage normal rate/depth
Explore the reason why - Anxiety? - ANS ✔✔What can you do in respiratory alkalosis
- ANS ✔✔what is the flow rate with nasal cannula
- ANS ✔✔what is the flow rate with high flow nasal cannula
10-15l/min (as close to 100% as we can get without a ventilator - ANS ✔✔what is the flow rate with
non-reḅreather mask
disconnect the ventilator and use a resuscitation ḅag - ANS ✔✔when all else fails in a mechanical
ventilator what do you do
Pneumothorax - ANS ✔✔air that leaks into the pleural space (collapse lung)