NSG 310 Quiz 6 | Latest Update | 2024/2025 | Already Graded A

NSG 310 Quiz 6 | Latest Update | 2024/2025 | Already Graded A ___% of patients with COPD are smokers 90% A 67-year-old male patient with chronic respiratory acidosis from end-stage COPD is receiving oxygen at 1 L/min per nasal cannula. Which statement by the nurse best explains to the client's daughter how this therapy prevents respiratory depression? A. "Your father's breathing effort is driven by lower oxygen levels" B. "Your father's breathing effort is driven by a low carbon dioxide level" C. "Your father will retain metabolic acids if the oxygen level is too high" D. "Your father will breathe best when he has moderately high oxygen levels" A. "Your father's breathing effort is driven by lower oxygen levels" A blood oxygen saturation level below ____% requires intervention 90% A client who has been postoperative for one day reports shortness of breath. The respiratory rate is 35 and is slightly labored, and breath sounds are not heard in the right lung base. The nurse should suspect which respiratory health problem? A. Pulmonary hypertension B. Pleural effusion C. Atelectasis D. Pneumonia C. Atelectasis A client with pneumonia develops dyspnea with a respiratory rate of 32 and difficulty expelling his secretions. The nurse auscultates his lung fields and hears bronchial sounds in the left lower lobe. The nurse determines that the client requires which treatment first? A. Antibiotics B. Oxygen C. Bedrest D. Nutritional intake and hydration B. Oxygen A deficiency in which protein causes a predisposition to COPD? Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency A nurse is auscultating the lung sounds of a patient. They listen and then ask the patient to cough before listening again. Why? A cough may clear some lung sounds such as wheezing or rhonchi A patient comes into the ER following an MVA that caused cervical spine trauma. The providers are worried about the patient's ability to ventilate. Why? The cervical spine contains the C4 nerve, which innervates the diaphragm. If that nerve is damaged, the diaphragm may not work properly, affecting the patient's ability to breathe A patient with a known cardiac history is experiencing angina at night only, excessive fatigue, and according to the spouse, snores excessively. The healthcare provider prescribed a sleep apnea study with and without oxygen. What explanation should the nurse provide to the client's partner for considering a pulmonary source of these symptoms at this time? A. Sleep apnea is an obstruction of the lower airways that impedes airflow B. Clients with sleep apnea have adequate amounts of REM sleep, but snoring contributes to the decrease in oxygen levels C. Sleep apnea causes in an increase in muscle tone during REM sleep in order to make breathing possible D. Excessive periods of apnea during sleep and severe drops in oxygen levels can contribute to angina which is occurring only at night D. Excessive periods of apnea during sleep and severe drops in oxygen levels can contribute to angina which is occurring only at night A patient's IGRA blood test comes back positive.