NURS 434: Exam 1 Study Guide Exam
Questions and Answers (Most Recent
Version, Complete Study Material)
What is CPAP used for? - Correct Answers ✅Chronic
Problems
What is BiPAP used for? - Correct Answers ✅Acute
Problems
A patient with mild sleep apnea has
____-____ events per hour. - Correct Answers ✅5-10
A patient with moderate/severe obstructive sleep apnea has
____-_____ events per hour. - Correct Answers ✅greater
than 15
How is air deliver with the CPAP? - Correct Answers
✅Continuously at a single pressure
How is air delivered by a BiPAP? - Correct Answers
✅Changes with the patients inspiration and expiration.
Maintains positive airway pressure during inspiration and
expiration
What education should you provide a patient with obstructive
sleep apnea? - Correct Answers ✅-Weight loss
-Avoid Alcohol and Drugs
,NURS 434: Exam 1 Study Guide Exam
Questions and Answers (Most Recent
Version, Complete Study Material)
-Try not to sleep on back
Which sleeping device should be used for mild sleep apnea? -
Correct Answers ✅NONE
What are common signs that a patient may be having issues
with sleep apnea? - Correct Answers ✅a. Insomnia, Waking
up frequently/snoring
b. Daytime Sleepiness
c. Morning Headaches
d. Personality changes/Irritability
When conducting a physical exam for sleep apnea what are
we looking for? - Correct Answers ✅Macroglossia (big
tongue) and Micrognathia (lower jaw smaller than the upper
What diagnostic test is often done for patients that are
suspected to have sleep apnea? - Correct Answers
✅Polysomnography
What does polysomnography look at? - Correct Answers
✅Sleep study that tracks breath pattern, HR, Brain activity,
and O2 Sat
,NURS 434: Exam 1 Study Guide Exam
Questions and Answers (Most Recent
Version, Complete Study Material)
What is our main goal when conducting a sleep study? -
Correct Answers ✅look for how many pauses the patient
has per hour
What surgical procedure can be performed for patients with
obstructive sleep apnea? - Correct Answers
✅Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
What is done during a Uvulopaletopharyngoplasty? - Correct
Answers ✅Gives more space for air to move by cutting
downsize with a laser
What education must you provide to a patient getting a
Uvulopaletopharyngoplasty done? - Correct Answers
✅Takes weeks to be effective and they must be on a soft diet
A patient that has just received a Uvulopaletopharyngoplasty
should call the doctors office if they experience what? -
Correct Answers ✅Fever or are coughing up blood
If the patient has severe life threatening sleep apnea what is
done? - Correct Answers ✅Tracheostomy or Bariatric
surgery to promote weight loss
What should V/Q be ideally? - Correct Answers ✅1
, NURS 434: Exam 1 Study Guide Exam
Questions and Answers (Most Recent
Version, Complete Study Material)
What happens when a patient experiences acute respiratory
failure? - Correct Answers ✅They fail to
ventilate/oxygenate the body
With acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) what
injuries the capillary membranes? - Correct Answers
✅Systemic Inflammation
What happens when the capillary membrane is injured
(commonly seen in ARDS) - Correct Answers ✅The injuries
Capillary membrane allows fluid to leak into the lung spaces
causing the patient to drown in their lungs
What causes SARS (severe acute respiratory distress
syndrome) - Correct Answers ✅Viral Infection causing an
inflammatory response
What is a normal pH? - Correct Answers ✅7.35-7.45
What is a normal PaCO2? - Correct Answers ✅35-45 mmHg
What is a normal PaO2 - Correct Answers ✅80-100
Questions and Answers (Most Recent
Version, Complete Study Material)
What is CPAP used for? - Correct Answers ✅Chronic
Problems
What is BiPAP used for? - Correct Answers ✅Acute
Problems
A patient with mild sleep apnea has
____-____ events per hour. - Correct Answers ✅5-10
A patient with moderate/severe obstructive sleep apnea has
____-_____ events per hour. - Correct Answers ✅greater
than 15
How is air deliver with the CPAP? - Correct Answers
✅Continuously at a single pressure
How is air delivered by a BiPAP? - Correct Answers
✅Changes with the patients inspiration and expiration.
Maintains positive airway pressure during inspiration and
expiration
What education should you provide a patient with obstructive
sleep apnea? - Correct Answers ✅-Weight loss
-Avoid Alcohol and Drugs
,NURS 434: Exam 1 Study Guide Exam
Questions and Answers (Most Recent
Version, Complete Study Material)
-Try not to sleep on back
Which sleeping device should be used for mild sleep apnea? -
Correct Answers ✅NONE
What are common signs that a patient may be having issues
with sleep apnea? - Correct Answers ✅a. Insomnia, Waking
up frequently/snoring
b. Daytime Sleepiness
c. Morning Headaches
d. Personality changes/Irritability
When conducting a physical exam for sleep apnea what are
we looking for? - Correct Answers ✅Macroglossia (big
tongue) and Micrognathia (lower jaw smaller than the upper
What diagnostic test is often done for patients that are
suspected to have sleep apnea? - Correct Answers
✅Polysomnography
What does polysomnography look at? - Correct Answers
✅Sleep study that tracks breath pattern, HR, Brain activity,
and O2 Sat
,NURS 434: Exam 1 Study Guide Exam
Questions and Answers (Most Recent
Version, Complete Study Material)
What is our main goal when conducting a sleep study? -
Correct Answers ✅look for how many pauses the patient
has per hour
What surgical procedure can be performed for patients with
obstructive sleep apnea? - Correct Answers
✅Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
What is done during a Uvulopaletopharyngoplasty? - Correct
Answers ✅Gives more space for air to move by cutting
downsize with a laser
What education must you provide to a patient getting a
Uvulopaletopharyngoplasty done? - Correct Answers
✅Takes weeks to be effective and they must be on a soft diet
A patient that has just received a Uvulopaletopharyngoplasty
should call the doctors office if they experience what? -
Correct Answers ✅Fever or are coughing up blood
If the patient has severe life threatening sleep apnea what is
done? - Correct Answers ✅Tracheostomy or Bariatric
surgery to promote weight loss
What should V/Q be ideally? - Correct Answers ✅1
, NURS 434: Exam 1 Study Guide Exam
Questions and Answers (Most Recent
Version, Complete Study Material)
What happens when a patient experiences acute respiratory
failure? - Correct Answers ✅They fail to
ventilate/oxygenate the body
With acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) what
injuries the capillary membranes? - Correct Answers
✅Systemic Inflammation
What happens when the capillary membrane is injured
(commonly seen in ARDS) - Correct Answers ✅The injuries
Capillary membrane allows fluid to leak into the lung spaces
causing the patient to drown in their lungs
What causes SARS (severe acute respiratory distress
syndrome) - Correct Answers ✅Viral Infection causing an
inflammatory response
What is a normal pH? - Correct Answers ✅7.35-7.45
What is a normal PaCO2? - Correct Answers ✅35-45 mmHg
What is a normal PaO2 - Correct Answers ✅80-100
