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A palpable vibration increased with lobar pneumonia is also known as:
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\|/\\// A. Rhonchi \|/\\//
\|/\\// B. Resonance \|/\\//
\|/\\// C. Fremitus \|/\\//
\|/\\// D. Crackles - correct answer✔✔Correct Answer is C: Fremitus
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Key term "palpable" \|/\\// \|/\\//
Your patient is exhibiting rapid shallow breathing, with a respiratory rate > 24 respirations per
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minute. Which of the following conditions are they experiencing? \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\//
\|/\\// a. hypoxemia \|/\\//
\|/\\// b. tachypnea \|/\\//
\|/\\// c. fremitus\|/\\//
\|/\\// d. resonance - correct answer✔✔Correct Answer is b: tachypnea
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Which of the following terms is used to describe a decreased level of oxygen (O2) in the
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blood? \|/\\//
a. anemia \|/\\//
b. hypercapnia \|/\\//
,c. hypoxemia
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d. emphysema - correct answer✔✔Correct Answer is C: Hypoxemia
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Upon receiving the patient's lab results, the nurse notes the patient has an increased level of
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carbon dioxide in the blood. Which of the following conditions would the patient be
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experiencing?
\|/\\// a. resonance\|/\\//
\|/\\// b. hypercapnia\|/\\//
\|/\\// c. fremitus\|/\\//
\|/\\// d. tachypnea - correct answer✔✔Correct Answer is b: hypercapnia
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The nurse is auscultating a patient's lungs and hears discontinuous, high-pitched, short,
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popping sounds heard during inspiration, and not cleared by coughing. These are described as:
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\|/\\// a. bradypnea\|/\\//
\|/\\// b. rhonchi \|/\\//
\|/\\// c. crackles\|/\\//
\|/\\// d. wheezing - correct answer✔✔Correct Answer is C: crackles
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The nurse is assessing a patient's lungs by using the percussion technique. Which sound
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would the nurse expect to hear over healthy lung tissue?
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\|/\\// a. resonance\|/\\//
\|/\\// b. dullness \|/\\//
\|/\\// c. crackles\|/\\//
\|/\\// d. wheezes - correct answer✔✔Correct Answer is A:Resonance
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,A clinical manifestation common in an individual with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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(COPD) is: \|/\\// \|/\\//
\|/\\// a. Periodic breathing patterns
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\|/\\// b. Pursed lip breathing
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\|/\\// c. Unequal chest expansion
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\|/\\// d. hyperventilation - correct answer✔✔Correct Answer is B
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An individual with COPD may purse the lips in a whistling position. By exhaling slowly and
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against a narrow opening, the pressure in the bronchial tree remains positive, and fewer
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airways collapse. \|/\\//
Which of the following are functions of the respiratory system? (Select all that apply)
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a. Supplying oxygen to the body for energy production
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b. Removing carbon dioxide as a waste product
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c. Wound repair\|/\\// \|/\\//
d. Maintaining acid-base balance
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e. Maintenance of heat exchange
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f. Identification - correct answer✔✔Correct answers are a, b, d and e
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Answers c and f are functions of the skin \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\//
The four major functions of the respiratory system include:
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Supplying oxygen to the body for energy production \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\//
Removing carbon dioxide as a waste product of energy reactions \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\//
Maintaining homeostasis (acid-base balance) of arterial blood \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\//
, Maintaining heat exchange \|/\\// \|/\\//
Stridor is a high pitched, inspiratory crowing sound commonly associated with:
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a. Upper airway obstruction
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b. Atelectasis
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c. Congestive heart failure
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d. Pneumothroax - correct answer✔✔Correct answer is A
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Stridor is associated with upper airway obstruction from swollen, inflamed tissues or a lodged
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foreign body. \|/\\//
Which of the following correctly expresses the relationship to the lobes of the lungs and their
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anatomic position? \|/\\//
a. Upper lobes-lateral chest
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b. Upper lobes-posterior chest
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c. Lower lobes-posterior chest
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d. Lower lobes-anterior chest - correct answer✔✔Correct Answer is C
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The posterior chest is almost all lower lobe
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The function of the trachea and bronchi is to:
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a. Transport gases between the environment and the lung parenchyma
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b. Condense inspired air for better gas exchange
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c. Moisturize air for optimum respiration
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correct answers \|/\\//
A palpable vibration increased with lobar pneumonia is also known as:
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\|/\\// A. Rhonchi \|/\\//
\|/\\// B. Resonance \|/\\//
\|/\\// C. Fremitus \|/\\//
\|/\\// D. Crackles - correct answer✔✔Correct Answer is C: Fremitus
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Key term "palpable" \|/\\// \|/\\//
Your patient is exhibiting rapid shallow breathing, with a respiratory rate > 24 respirations per
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minute. Which of the following conditions are they experiencing? \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\//
\|/\\// a. hypoxemia \|/\\//
\|/\\// b. tachypnea \|/\\//
\|/\\// c. fremitus\|/\\//
\|/\\// d. resonance - correct answer✔✔Correct Answer is b: tachypnea
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Which of the following terms is used to describe a decreased level of oxygen (O2) in the
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blood? \|/\\//
a. anemia \|/\\//
b. hypercapnia \|/\\//
,c. hypoxemia
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d. emphysema - correct answer✔✔Correct Answer is C: Hypoxemia
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Upon receiving the patient's lab results, the nurse notes the patient has an increased level of
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carbon dioxide in the blood. Which of the following conditions would the patient be
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experiencing?
\|/\\// a. resonance\|/\\//
\|/\\// b. hypercapnia\|/\\//
\|/\\// c. fremitus\|/\\//
\|/\\// d. tachypnea - correct answer✔✔Correct Answer is b: hypercapnia
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The nurse is auscultating a patient's lungs and hears discontinuous, high-pitched, short,
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popping sounds heard during inspiration, and not cleared by coughing. These are described as:
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\|/\\// a. bradypnea\|/\\//
\|/\\// b. rhonchi \|/\\//
\|/\\// c. crackles\|/\\//
\|/\\// d. wheezing - correct answer✔✔Correct Answer is C: crackles
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The nurse is assessing a patient's lungs by using the percussion technique. Which sound
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would the nurse expect to hear over healthy lung tissue?
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\|/\\// a. resonance\|/\\//
\|/\\// b. dullness \|/\\//
\|/\\// c. crackles\|/\\//
\|/\\// d. wheezes - correct answer✔✔Correct Answer is A:Resonance
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,A clinical manifestation common in an individual with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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(COPD) is: \|/\\// \|/\\//
\|/\\// a. Periodic breathing patterns
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\|/\\// b. Pursed lip breathing
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\|/\\// c. Unequal chest expansion
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\|/\\// d. hyperventilation - correct answer✔✔Correct Answer is B
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An individual with COPD may purse the lips in a whistling position. By exhaling slowly and
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against a narrow opening, the pressure in the bronchial tree remains positive, and fewer
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airways collapse. \|/\\//
Which of the following are functions of the respiratory system? (Select all that apply)
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a. Supplying oxygen to the body for energy production
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b. Removing carbon dioxide as a waste product
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c. Wound repair\|/\\// \|/\\//
d. Maintaining acid-base balance
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e. Maintenance of heat exchange
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f. Identification - correct answer✔✔Correct answers are a, b, d and e
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Answers c and f are functions of the skin \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\//
The four major functions of the respiratory system include:
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Supplying oxygen to the body for energy production \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\//
Removing carbon dioxide as a waste product of energy reactions \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\//
Maintaining homeostasis (acid-base balance) of arterial blood \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\// \|/\\//
, Maintaining heat exchange \|/\\// \|/\\//
Stridor is a high pitched, inspiratory crowing sound commonly associated with:
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a. Upper airway obstruction
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b. Atelectasis
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c. Congestive heart failure
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d. Pneumothroax - correct answer✔✔Correct answer is A
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Stridor is associated with upper airway obstruction from swollen, inflamed tissues or a lodged
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foreign body. \|/\\//
Which of the following correctly expresses the relationship to the lobes of the lungs and their
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anatomic position? \|/\\//
a. Upper lobes-lateral chest
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b. Upper lobes-posterior chest
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c. Lower lobes-posterior chest
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d. Lower lobes-anterior chest - correct answer✔✔Correct Answer is C
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The posterior chest is almost all lower lobe
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The function of the trachea and bronchi is to:
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a. Transport gases between the environment and the lung parenchyma
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b. Condense inspired air for better gas exchange
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c. Moisturize air for optimum respiration
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