ATI Targeted MED SURG RESPIRATORY questions with correct answers

container of sterile water - Answer a nurse is caring for a client who has a chest tube following a lobectomy; which item should the nurse keep easily accessible for the client? container of sterile water - Answer the nurse should have a ____________ in a location that is easily accessible for this client; the nurse should plan to place the open end of the tubing into the sterile water if the tubing becomes dislodged to prevent a pneumothorax empty collection chamber - Answer the nurse should __________________ in the drainage system before the drainage reaches the bottom of the suction tube suture removal set - Answer the nurse should retrieve a ______________ when the chest tube is removed petrolatum gauze - Answer the nurse should provide nonadherent, air-tight sterile ____________ when the chest tube is removed PaO2 58 mmHg - Answer a nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client who is experiencing acute respiratory failure. Which of the following lab findings should the nurse expect? respiratory failure signs - Answer lower oxygen partial pressure decrease in SPO2 decreased pH CO2 level rise respiratory failure signs - Answer decreased pH CO2 level rise lower oxygen partial pressure