Rasmussen - MDC III - Exam 2 Questions
and Verified Detailed Answers | Graded
A+
never confirm/deny anything
"tell me more about it" - ✔✔Therapeutic Communication Qs...
*airborne*
- N95
- negative pressure room - ✔✔What precautions are we using for tuberculosis?
*antimicrobials*
- isoniazid,
- rifampin
- pyrazinamide
- ethambutol
**they will have to take these "long-term" (6-9 mo.)** - ✔✔Medications to
treat tuberculosis
- no ETOH
- medication compliance - stick with the doses, continue all the way through
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,- f/u with doctor appointments - ✔✔Patient Education: *Long-term antibiotics*
- sputum culture
**PPD test is NOT for diagnosing, it does NOT mean active exposure** -
✔✔How do you diagnose tuberculosis?
*hepatotoxic*
- no ETOH
- no drugs
- eat a diet with quality protein; iron; vitamins A, B, C, and E; and abundant
fresh produce
- no other use of hepatotoxic medications - ✔✔What do antimicrobials do to
the body? And what patient education goes along with that?
asthma - ✔✔__________ is a chronic intermittent airway obstruction caused by
inflammation of the airway tissues that results in **bronchoconstriction**
▪ Intermittent and **reversible** airflow obstruction affecting airways only,
**not alveoli**
complete airway obstruction
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, intubation/tracheotomy....keep that airway patent - priority! - ✔✔I think this is
about *status asthmaticus*:
A patient comes in with asthma...you listen to their lungs and they have lung
sounds...then you lose lung sounds...what does that mean? What do we do
next?
▪ pollution
▪ dust
▪ smoke
▪ fire places
▪ pet dander
▪ household chemicals
▪ bacteria
▪ viruses
▪ mold
▪ exercise
▪ weather changes from warm to cold
▪ drugs: aspirin, NSAIDS, beta blockers - ✔✔What can exacerbate asthma?
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and Verified Detailed Answers | Graded
A+
never confirm/deny anything
"tell me more about it" - ✔✔Therapeutic Communication Qs...
*airborne*
- N95
- negative pressure room - ✔✔What precautions are we using for tuberculosis?
*antimicrobials*
- isoniazid,
- rifampin
- pyrazinamide
- ethambutol
**they will have to take these "long-term" (6-9 mo.)** - ✔✔Medications to
treat tuberculosis
- no ETOH
- medication compliance - stick with the doses, continue all the way through
1|Page
©KERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
,- f/u with doctor appointments - ✔✔Patient Education: *Long-term antibiotics*
- sputum culture
**PPD test is NOT for diagnosing, it does NOT mean active exposure** -
✔✔How do you diagnose tuberculosis?
*hepatotoxic*
- no ETOH
- no drugs
- eat a diet with quality protein; iron; vitamins A, B, C, and E; and abundant
fresh produce
- no other use of hepatotoxic medications - ✔✔What do antimicrobials do to
the body? And what patient education goes along with that?
asthma - ✔✔__________ is a chronic intermittent airway obstruction caused by
inflammation of the airway tissues that results in **bronchoconstriction**
▪ Intermittent and **reversible** airflow obstruction affecting airways only,
**not alveoli**
complete airway obstruction
2|Page
©KERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
, intubation/tracheotomy....keep that airway patent - priority! - ✔✔I think this is
about *status asthmaticus*:
A patient comes in with asthma...you listen to their lungs and they have lung
sounds...then you lose lung sounds...what does that mean? What do we do
next?
▪ pollution
▪ dust
▪ smoke
▪ fire places
▪ pet dander
▪ household chemicals
▪ bacteria
▪ viruses
▪ mold
▪ exercise
▪ weather changes from warm to cold
▪ drugs: aspirin, NSAIDS, beta blockers - ✔✔What can exacerbate asthma?
3|Page
©KERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
