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NSG 4100 (AH111) EXAM 1 NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED
A+
The nurse caring for a pt w/ and endotracheal tube recognizes several
disadvantages of an endotracheal tube. What would the nurse recognize as
a disadvantage?
a. cognition is decreased
b. Daily ABGs are necessary
c. slight tracheal bleeding is anticipated
d. the cough reflex is depressed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ D
What would the critical care nurse recognize as a condition that may
indicate a pt's need to have a tracheotomy?
a. a pt has a respiratory rate of 10 breaths/min
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b. a pt required permanent ventilation
c. a pt exhibits sx of dyspnea
d. a pt has respiratory acidosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ B
The nurse is caring for a pt who is scheduled to have a thoracotomy. When
planning preoperative teaching, what info should the nurse communicate
to the pt?
a. how to milk the chest tubing
b. how to splint the incision when coughing
c. how to take prophylactic antibiotics correctly
d. how to manage the need for fluid restriction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ B
A nurse is educating a pt in anticipation of a procedure that will require a
water-sealed chest drainage system. What should the nurse tell the pt and
the family that this drainage system is used for?
a. maintaining a positive chest-wall pressure
b. monitoring pleural fluid osmolarity
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c. providing passive intrathoracic pressure
d. removing excess air and fluid - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ D
A pt is exhibiting signs of a pneumothorax following tracheostomy. The
surgeon inserts a chest tube into the anterior chest wall. What should the
nurse tell the family is the primary purpose of this chest tube?
a. to remove air from the pleural space
b. to drain copious sputum secretions
c. to monitor bleeding around the lungs
d. to assist with mechanical ventilation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ A
A pt's plan of care specifies postural drainage. What action should the
nurse perform when providing this noninvasive therapy?
a. administer the tx w/ the pt in a high Fowler's or semi-fowlers position
b. perform the procedure immediately following the pt's meals
c. apply percussion firmly to bare skin to facilitate drainage
d. assist the pt into a position that will allow gravity to move secretions -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ D
While assessing the pt, the nurse observes constant bubbling in the
waterseal chamber of the pt's closed chest-drinagae system. What should
the
Nurs conclude?
a. the system is functioning normally
b. pt has a pneumothorax
c. system has a leak
d. chest tube is obstructed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ C
The nurse has admitted a pt who is scheduled for a thoracic resection. The
nurse is providing preoperative teaching and is discussing several diagnostic
studies that will be required prior to surgery. Which study will be
performed to determine whether the panned resection will leave sufficient
functioning lung tissue?
a. pulmonary function studies
NSG 4100 (AH111) EXAM 1 NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED
A+
The nurse caring for a pt w/ and endotracheal tube recognizes several
disadvantages of an endotracheal tube. What would the nurse recognize as
a disadvantage?
a. cognition is decreased
b. Daily ABGs are necessary
c. slight tracheal bleeding is anticipated
d. the cough reflex is depressed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ D
What would the critical care nurse recognize as a condition that may
indicate a pt's need to have a tracheotomy?
a. a pt has a respiratory rate of 10 breaths/min
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b. a pt required permanent ventilation
c. a pt exhibits sx of dyspnea
d. a pt has respiratory acidosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ B
The nurse is caring for a pt who is scheduled to have a thoracotomy. When
planning preoperative teaching, what info should the nurse communicate
to the pt?
a. how to milk the chest tubing
b. how to splint the incision when coughing
c. how to take prophylactic antibiotics correctly
d. how to manage the need for fluid restriction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ B
A nurse is educating a pt in anticipation of a procedure that will require a
water-sealed chest drainage system. What should the nurse tell the pt and
the family that this drainage system is used for?
a. maintaining a positive chest-wall pressure
b. monitoring pleural fluid osmolarity
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c. providing passive intrathoracic pressure
d. removing excess air and fluid - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ D
A pt is exhibiting signs of a pneumothorax following tracheostomy. The
surgeon inserts a chest tube into the anterior chest wall. What should the
nurse tell the family is the primary purpose of this chest tube?
a. to remove air from the pleural space
b. to drain copious sputum secretions
c. to monitor bleeding around the lungs
d. to assist with mechanical ventilation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ A
A pt's plan of care specifies postural drainage. What action should the
nurse perform when providing this noninvasive therapy?
a. administer the tx w/ the pt in a high Fowler's or semi-fowlers position
b. perform the procedure immediately following the pt's meals
c. apply percussion firmly to bare skin to facilitate drainage
d. assist the pt into a position that will allow gravity to move secretions -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ D
While assessing the pt, the nurse observes constant bubbling in the
waterseal chamber of the pt's closed chest-drinagae system. What should
the
Nurs conclude?
a. the system is functioning normally
b. pt has a pneumothorax
c. system has a leak
d. chest tube is obstructed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ C
The nurse has admitted a pt who is scheduled for a thoracic resection. The
nurse is providing preoperative teaching and is discussing several diagnostic
studies that will be required prior to surgery. Which study will be
performed to determine whether the panned resection will leave sufficient
functioning lung tissue?
a. pulmonary function studies
