NUR 240 Final Exam All Questions with Correct Answers

ED nurse asses patient with dyspnea hears wheezes Correct Answer patient has narrowed airway Nurse cares for patient with acute exacerbation of copd has increased dyspnea, what most accurately measures 02 in patient s blood Correct Answer ABG study Patient returned from bronchoscopy and asks for something to drink what criteria allows patient to drink fluid Correct Answer presence of cough/gag reflex In addition to HR, BP, RR, and Temp asses patient arterial oxygen saturation level Correct Answer pulse oximetry Patient with decreased LOC in a recumbent position, how to best asses lungs Correct Answer turn patient to enable all patient lung fields Patient tests for pleural effusion diagnosis Correct Answer lung fields dull to percussion, absent breath sounds, pleural friction rub Nurse rounds beginning of shift and notices a sputum container sitting on patient table is four hours old, take what action Correct Answer discard and assist with another specimen Patient diagnosed with pneumonia and has not responded to treatment, what breath sounds is heard Correct Answer crackles While assessing a patient with pneumonia patient repasts E but and A is heard Correct Answer egophony Nurse caring for patient with pleural effusion that had a thorascopic procedure, prioritize what Correct Answer SOB Sputum study for patient with coarse crackles and fever, what time do you collect sample Correct Answer first thing in morning ED nurse assess's respiratory function of teenage with with acute SOB and continuous wheezes during inspiration and expiration suggests Correct Answer asthma Nurse caring for patient with bronchoscopy, prepare patient by Correct Answer with holding food and fluids for several hours before test