ACTUAL MED SURG ATI FINAL EXAM | COMPLETE AND DETAILED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS|170 REAL EXAM QNA | 2025 LATEST UPDATED 100% RATED CORRECT |
100% VERFIED | ALREADY GRADED A+|GUARANTEED TO PASS!!
1. What are the early findings of hypoxemia and hypoxia?: tachypnea,
tachycardia, anxiety and restlessness
2. What are the LATE findings of hypoxia and hypoxemia?: confusion and
stupor, cyanotic skin and mucous membranes, bradypnea, hypotension, cardiac
dysrhythmias
3. What does mechanical ventilation provide?: provides breathing support until
lung function is restored
4. What is PEEP?: positive end expiratory pressure; preset pressure delivered
during expiration
5. What does PEEP prevent?: atelectasis; alveolar collapse
6. What is SIMV?: synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation; preset rate and
tidal volume for machine breaths; ventilator initiated breaths
7. What is AC?: Assist control; mode of ventilation; preset rate and tidal volume
where patient initiates and ventilator takes over
,8. What is PSV?: pressure support ventilation; works to keep alveoli from collapsing
during expiration and allows for greater oxygenation and makes for easier
breathing 9. What is CPAP?: continuous positive airway pressure; Positive
pressure supplied during spontaneous breathing. No ventilator breaths delivered
UNLESS used with
SIMV
10. What is high-frequency ventilation?: Delivers small amount of gas at rates of
60 to 3,000 cycles/min; small volume and high rate
11. What are high pressure alarms?: excess secretions, patient bucking the vent,
kinks in tubing, pulmonary edema, bronchospasm, pneumothorax
12. What are low pressure alarms?: indicates a low exhaled volume due to
disconnection, cuff leak, or tube displacement
13. How often do we assess cuff pressure tubes?: every 8 hours
14. What is ILV?: independent lung ventilation; requires two vents
15. What is barotrauma?: damage to the lungs by positive pressure; can occur
due to pneumothorax, subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum
16. What is volutrauma?: damage to the lungs by volume delivered from one lung
to the other
, 17. What are the three chambers of a chest tube?: first= drainage collection
second= water seal
third= suction control (wet or dry)
18. What is wet suction?: where the amt of suction on the chest tube apparatus is
determined by the water level.
19. What is dry suction?: provides a vacuum by continuously adjusting the forces
of the suction and the atmosphere
20 What are the possible indications of a chest tube?: pneumothorax,
hemothorax, postoperative chest drainage, pleural effusion, pulmonary empyema
21. A nurse is preparing to care for a client who is having a chest tube
placed. Which of the following items should be available in the client's room?:
oxygen, sterile water, enclosed hemostat clamps, occlusive dressing
22. A nurse is planning care for a client following the insertion of a chest
tube and drainage system. Which of the following actions should be included
in the plan of care?: encourage patient to cough and deep breathe, check for
continuous bubbling in suction chamber, obtain chest xray
23. What are the signs of a tension pneumothorax with a chest tube?:
tracheal deviation, absent breath sounds on one side, distended neck veins,
respiratory distress, asymmetry of the chest, and cyanosis
ANSWERS|170 REAL EXAM QNA | 2025 LATEST UPDATED 100% RATED CORRECT |
100% VERFIED | ALREADY GRADED A+|GUARANTEED TO PASS!!
1. What are the early findings of hypoxemia and hypoxia?: tachypnea,
tachycardia, anxiety and restlessness
2. What are the LATE findings of hypoxia and hypoxemia?: confusion and
stupor, cyanotic skin and mucous membranes, bradypnea, hypotension, cardiac
dysrhythmias
3. What does mechanical ventilation provide?: provides breathing support until
lung function is restored
4. What is PEEP?: positive end expiratory pressure; preset pressure delivered
during expiration
5. What does PEEP prevent?: atelectasis; alveolar collapse
6. What is SIMV?: synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation; preset rate and
tidal volume for machine breaths; ventilator initiated breaths
7. What is AC?: Assist control; mode of ventilation; preset rate and tidal volume
where patient initiates and ventilator takes over
,8. What is PSV?: pressure support ventilation; works to keep alveoli from collapsing
during expiration and allows for greater oxygenation and makes for easier
breathing 9. What is CPAP?: continuous positive airway pressure; Positive
pressure supplied during spontaneous breathing. No ventilator breaths delivered
UNLESS used with
SIMV
10. What is high-frequency ventilation?: Delivers small amount of gas at rates of
60 to 3,000 cycles/min; small volume and high rate
11. What are high pressure alarms?: excess secretions, patient bucking the vent,
kinks in tubing, pulmonary edema, bronchospasm, pneumothorax
12. What are low pressure alarms?: indicates a low exhaled volume due to
disconnection, cuff leak, or tube displacement
13. How often do we assess cuff pressure tubes?: every 8 hours
14. What is ILV?: independent lung ventilation; requires two vents
15. What is barotrauma?: damage to the lungs by positive pressure; can occur
due to pneumothorax, subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum
16. What is volutrauma?: damage to the lungs by volume delivered from one lung
to the other
, 17. What are the three chambers of a chest tube?: first= drainage collection
second= water seal
third= suction control (wet or dry)
18. What is wet suction?: where the amt of suction on the chest tube apparatus is
determined by the water level.
19. What is dry suction?: provides a vacuum by continuously adjusting the forces
of the suction and the atmosphere
20 What are the possible indications of a chest tube?: pneumothorax,
hemothorax, postoperative chest drainage, pleural effusion, pulmonary empyema
21. A nurse is preparing to care for a client who is having a chest tube
placed. Which of the following items should be available in the client's room?:
oxygen, sterile water, enclosed hemostat clamps, occlusive dressing
22. A nurse is planning care for a client following the insertion of a chest
tube and drainage system. Which of the following actions should be included
in the plan of care?: encourage patient to cough and deep breathe, check for
continuous bubbling in suction chamber, obtain chest xray
23. What are the signs of a tension pneumothorax with a chest tube?:
tracheal deviation, absent breath sounds on one side, distended neck veins,
respiratory distress, asymmetry of the chest, and cyanosis
