NR 601 Mid term EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | ALREADY PASSED | 2025 LATEST!!
Metacholine test - (ANSWER)airway decreases in size after metacholine test
Pulmonary Function Test (Spirometry) - (ANSWER)a machine records the volume
and speed of air as a patient breathes in and out
Take a deep breath and blow out as hard and fast as you can for as long as you
can
FEV1 - (ANSWER)forced expiratory volume in 1 second
Full vital capacity - (ANSWER)all of the air that you breathed out
FEV1/FVC normal - (ANSWER)=>80%
Asthma (or any other obstruction disease) FEV1/FVC - (ANSWER)<80%
Peak Flow - (ANSWER)used to diagnose and monitor
Patient's own "100%" max
Green=80-100%
Yellow=50-80% take medication to get back into the green
Red<50% go to the hospital NOW
,NO test - (ANSWER)when a person is thought to have asthma, but need to see if
asthma treatment will help them
by breathing in NO (dilates the smooth muscule) it shows that the corticosteroid
will work
Severity of asthma determined by - (ANSWER)how many days a week a patient
has an attack
Intermittent (mild) Asthma - (ANSWER)use medications less than twice a week
Well controlled Asthma
Mild Persistent - (ANSWER)Symptoms occur more than twice a week but not
daily
Not Well Controlled Asthma
moderate persistent asthma - (ANSWER)Daily symptoms occur - needing rescue
meds daily
Poorly controlled asthma
Severe Persistent Asthma - (ANSWER)Symptoms occur more than once daily
, Never let a patient walk around like this!
Poorly Controlled Asthma
Well controlled asthma - (ANSWER)Symptoms occur less than two days/week
Treatment Products - (ANSWER)Nebulizer=expensive, takes 10 minutes
Inhalers- best way to use it is with a spacer (Takes about 30 seconds, small,
cheap)
Drugs that decrease inflammation in asthma - (ANSWER)steroids
leukotriene inhibitors
Bronchodilators - (ANSWER)Beta agonist-works on the b2
Theophylline-monitor levels closely
Chronic Bronchitis - (ANSWER)too much mucous
COPD is - (ANSWER)emphysema and chronic bronchitis
Things that lead to COPD - (ANSWER)allergies
smoking
pollution
ANSWERS | ALREADY PASSED | 2025 LATEST!!
Metacholine test - (ANSWER)airway decreases in size after metacholine test
Pulmonary Function Test (Spirometry) - (ANSWER)a machine records the volume
and speed of air as a patient breathes in and out
Take a deep breath and blow out as hard and fast as you can for as long as you
can
FEV1 - (ANSWER)forced expiratory volume in 1 second
Full vital capacity - (ANSWER)all of the air that you breathed out
FEV1/FVC normal - (ANSWER)=>80%
Asthma (or any other obstruction disease) FEV1/FVC - (ANSWER)<80%
Peak Flow - (ANSWER)used to diagnose and monitor
Patient's own "100%" max
Green=80-100%
Yellow=50-80% take medication to get back into the green
Red<50% go to the hospital NOW
,NO test - (ANSWER)when a person is thought to have asthma, but need to see if
asthma treatment will help them
by breathing in NO (dilates the smooth muscule) it shows that the corticosteroid
will work
Severity of asthma determined by - (ANSWER)how many days a week a patient
has an attack
Intermittent (mild) Asthma - (ANSWER)use medications less than twice a week
Well controlled Asthma
Mild Persistent - (ANSWER)Symptoms occur more than twice a week but not
daily
Not Well Controlled Asthma
moderate persistent asthma - (ANSWER)Daily symptoms occur - needing rescue
meds daily
Poorly controlled asthma
Severe Persistent Asthma - (ANSWER)Symptoms occur more than once daily
, Never let a patient walk around like this!
Poorly Controlled Asthma
Well controlled asthma - (ANSWER)Symptoms occur less than two days/week
Treatment Products - (ANSWER)Nebulizer=expensive, takes 10 minutes
Inhalers- best way to use it is with a spacer (Takes about 30 seconds, small,
cheap)
Drugs that decrease inflammation in asthma - (ANSWER)steroids
leukotriene inhibitors
Bronchodilators - (ANSWER)Beta agonist-works on the b2
Theophylline-monitor levels closely
Chronic Bronchitis - (ANSWER)too much mucous
COPD is - (ANSWER)emphysema and chronic bronchitis
Things that lead to COPD - (ANSWER)allergies
smoking
pollution
