NUR 170 Exam 2 Questions And 100% Correct Answers
The home health nurse is assigned to visit these clients when a change in agency
staffing requires that one of the clients must be rescheduled for a visit on the following
day. Which client will be best to reschedule?
Client with emphysema who has been on home oxygen for a month and has SpO2 levels
of 91% to 93%
A client is admitted to the medical floor who has just been diagnosed with lung cancer.
How does the nurse initially help the client cope with the anxiety related to the new
diagnosis?
Provide the client with the opportunity to ask questions and voice concerns.
Let them ask questions and voice concerns.
After having thoracentesis performed on a client, the nurse's priority intervention is to
X-ray chest stat.
Filename: clientResponse.txt
Client
A client comes back to the medical surgical unit after having a bronchoscopy. To which
client, for the charge nurse to delegate this nursing responsibility to the skilled uap is
most appropriate?
BP and pulse.TabControl.
The nurse is preparing the client for a diagnostic bronchoscopy. Which nursing
intervention must be done by the nurse before sending the client for this diagnostic
test?
NPO
The RN has received report on four clients. Which client will require the most urgent
assessment by the RN?
,Client who has asthma with an oxygen saturation reading of 89% by pulse oximetry
Which of the following is an assessment finding in the client with exacerbation of
emphysema that requires intervention by the nurse?
Bronchial breath sounds heard at the bases
A client with asthma reports dyspnea. Which of the following does the nurse expect to
find when auscultating this client's chest?
Expiratory wheezing not cleared by coughing
The RN and the LPN/LVN are working together providing care for a group of clients on a
medical surgical unit. Which of the following is the most appropriate of the following
actions for the RN to delegate?
Plan client and family teaching about upcoming pulmonary function testing.
The nurse is documenting a pack-year history of smoking in the medical record for a
client with chronic bronchitis who smoked 3 packs of cigarettes daily for 32 years. How
does the nurse document pack-year history of smoking in the medical record?
Client has a 96 pack-year history
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The nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and acute kidney injury. For which
of these breath sounds will the nurse auscultate?
Crackles
The nurse in the outpatient clinic is getting ready to schedule a client for pulmonary
,function tests. When teaching the client about pulmonary function testing (PFT), what
information does the nurse want to communicate as most important to the client?
Instruct the client not to smoke 6 hours before the test.
A nurse in a life care community for geriatric clients provides an educational session
regarding expected changes related to aging for a group of residents. Which activity
does the nurse request the older adult do to promote respiratory function?
Walk as tolerated daily.
The client is admitted to the surgical floor after a knee replacement reporting chest pain
and shortness of breath, and exhibits hypoxemia. The nurse is preparing the client for a
CT scan. What would be the nurse priority assessment?
"Do you have an allergy to iodine or shellfish?"
The nurse is caring for four clients who came to the emergency department with a
productive cough. Which of these clients should the nurse provide immediate
intervention for?
The client who is coughing up pink, frothy sputum
Which client does the charge nurse on the medical-surgical unit assign to an RN who
has floated from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU)?
Client who had 1200 mL of pleural fluid removed by thoracentesis
The nurse is educating at a community health fair regarding the prevention of
pulmonary disorders. Which of the following groups does the nurse target?
Bakers
Coal miners
, Furniture refinishers
Potters
The emergency department nurse is evaluating a client who thinks that he has
developed a pneumothorax after an outpatient thoracentesis earlier today. For which of
the following symptoms will the nurse monitor?
Air hunger sensation
Trachea deviated
Lip cyanosis
The nurse is planning to send a client suspected of having pulmonary embolism for a CT
scan with contrast. Which of the following assessment questions should the nurse ask
before sending the client for the examination?
"Did you take metformin today?
The nurse is caring for a client who has just returned to the unit from the operating room
after an open lung biopsy and has an order for morphine by client-controlled analgesia
(PCA). Which of the following actions to detect early opioidinduced respiratory
depression does the nurse prefer?
Continual capnography
The nurse works in an urgent care clinic, and there are four clients waiting to be
triaged. Which of the following clients should the nurse see first?
Client speaking in three-word sentences and who has an SpO2 of 90%
The home health nurse is assigned to visit these clients when a change in agency
staffing requires that one of the clients must be rescheduled for a visit on the following
day. Which client will be best to reschedule?
Client with emphysema who has been on home oxygen for a month and has SpO2 levels
of 91% to 93%
A client is admitted to the medical floor who has just been diagnosed with lung cancer.
How does the nurse initially help the client cope with the anxiety related to the new
diagnosis?
Provide the client with the opportunity to ask questions and voice concerns.
Let them ask questions and voice concerns.
After having thoracentesis performed on a client, the nurse's priority intervention is to
X-ray chest stat.
Filename: clientResponse.txt
Client
A client comes back to the medical surgical unit after having a bronchoscopy. To which
client, for the charge nurse to delegate this nursing responsibility to the skilled uap is
most appropriate?
BP and pulse.TabControl.
The nurse is preparing the client for a diagnostic bronchoscopy. Which nursing
intervention must be done by the nurse before sending the client for this diagnostic
test?
NPO
The RN has received report on four clients. Which client will require the most urgent
assessment by the RN?
,Client who has asthma with an oxygen saturation reading of 89% by pulse oximetry
Which of the following is an assessment finding in the client with exacerbation of
emphysema that requires intervention by the nurse?
Bronchial breath sounds heard at the bases
A client with asthma reports dyspnea. Which of the following does the nurse expect to
find when auscultating this client's chest?
Expiratory wheezing not cleared by coughing
The RN and the LPN/LVN are working together providing care for a group of clients on a
medical surgical unit. Which of the following is the most appropriate of the following
actions for the RN to delegate?
Plan client and family teaching about upcoming pulmonary function testing.
The nurse is documenting a pack-year history of smoking in the medical record for a
client with chronic bronchitis who smoked 3 packs of cigarettes daily for 32 years. How
does the nurse document pack-year history of smoking in the medical record?
Client has a 96 pack-year history
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
The nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and acute kidney injury. For which
of these breath sounds will the nurse auscultate?
Crackles
The nurse in the outpatient clinic is getting ready to schedule a client for pulmonary
,function tests. When teaching the client about pulmonary function testing (PFT), what
information does the nurse want to communicate as most important to the client?
Instruct the client not to smoke 6 hours before the test.
A nurse in a life care community for geriatric clients provides an educational session
regarding expected changes related to aging for a group of residents. Which activity
does the nurse request the older adult do to promote respiratory function?
Walk as tolerated daily.
The client is admitted to the surgical floor after a knee replacement reporting chest pain
and shortness of breath, and exhibits hypoxemia. The nurse is preparing the client for a
CT scan. What would be the nurse priority assessment?
"Do you have an allergy to iodine or shellfish?"
The nurse is caring for four clients who came to the emergency department with a
productive cough. Which of these clients should the nurse provide immediate
intervention for?
The client who is coughing up pink, frothy sputum
Which client does the charge nurse on the medical-surgical unit assign to an RN who
has floated from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU)?
Client who had 1200 mL of pleural fluid removed by thoracentesis
The nurse is educating at a community health fair regarding the prevention of
pulmonary disorders. Which of the following groups does the nurse target?
Bakers
Coal miners
, Furniture refinishers
Potters
The emergency department nurse is evaluating a client who thinks that he has
developed a pneumothorax after an outpatient thoracentesis earlier today. For which of
the following symptoms will the nurse monitor?
Air hunger sensation
Trachea deviated
Lip cyanosis
The nurse is planning to send a client suspected of having pulmonary embolism for a CT
scan with contrast. Which of the following assessment questions should the nurse ask
before sending the client for the examination?
"Did you take metformin today?
The nurse is caring for a client who has just returned to the unit from the operating room
after an open lung biopsy and has an order for morphine by client-controlled analgesia
(PCA). Which of the following actions to detect early opioidinduced respiratory
depression does the nurse prefer?
Continual capnography
The nurse works in an urgent care clinic, and there are four clients waiting to be
triaged. Which of the following clients should the nurse see first?
Client speaking in three-word sentences and who has an SpO2 of 90%
