NUR 425 - Exam 4 questions well
answered already passed
A child with mottling and cyanosis is always an emergency.
True
False - correct answer ✔✔false
All of the following are signs of respiratory distress except
nasal flaring
diaphragmatic breathing
grunting
head bobbing - correct answer ✔✔diaphragmatic breathing
An Infant can easily dislodge an endotracheal tube due to which of the following reasons?
Because their neck is short
It is harder to tape the tube to their face.
They move around too much
A larger tube is used because there is not a tube made small enough for infants. - correct answer
✔✔Because their neck is short
An infant can have difficultly breathing for which of the following reasons? Select all that apply
hyperflexed neck
large tongue
nasal congestion
long trachea - correct answer ✔✔long trachea
If a child is having trouble breathing, the best position for him to be in is
semi reclining
, his own position of comfort
sitting up
lying flat - correct answer ✔✔his own position of comfort
If a pediatric patient was in respiratory failure, what would the nurse expect not to find?
tachycardia
hypotension
normal skin color
tachypnea - correct answer ✔✔normal skin color
Infants, under the age of 4 months, breathe from
their nose
their mouth
their nose and their mouth - correct answer ✔✔their nose
The size of an infant's airway can be compared to the size of their
index finger
ring finger
thumb
little finger - correct answer ✔✔index finger?
When comparing the pediatric airway to an adult airway, the epiglottis of a pediatric patient is
shorter and floppier
longer and floppier
shorter and rigid
longer and rigid - correct answer ✔✔longer and floppier
Which of the following occurs only on inspiration?
answered already passed
A child with mottling and cyanosis is always an emergency.
True
False - correct answer ✔✔false
All of the following are signs of respiratory distress except
nasal flaring
diaphragmatic breathing
grunting
head bobbing - correct answer ✔✔diaphragmatic breathing
An Infant can easily dislodge an endotracheal tube due to which of the following reasons?
Because their neck is short
It is harder to tape the tube to their face.
They move around too much
A larger tube is used because there is not a tube made small enough for infants. - correct answer
✔✔Because their neck is short
An infant can have difficultly breathing for which of the following reasons? Select all that apply
hyperflexed neck
large tongue
nasal congestion
long trachea - correct answer ✔✔long trachea
If a child is having trouble breathing, the best position for him to be in is
semi reclining
, his own position of comfort
sitting up
lying flat - correct answer ✔✔his own position of comfort
If a pediatric patient was in respiratory failure, what would the nurse expect not to find?
tachycardia
hypotension
normal skin color
tachypnea - correct answer ✔✔normal skin color
Infants, under the age of 4 months, breathe from
their nose
their mouth
their nose and their mouth - correct answer ✔✔their nose
The size of an infant's airway can be compared to the size of their
index finger
ring finger
thumb
little finger - correct answer ✔✔index finger?
When comparing the pediatric airway to an adult airway, the epiglottis of a pediatric patient is
shorter and floppier
longer and floppier
shorter and rigid
longer and rigid - correct answer ✔✔longer and floppier
Which of the following occurs only on inspiration?
