COPD NCLEX Exam Questions and answers
True or False: COPD is reversible and tends to happens gradually. - ✅✅False
COPD IRREVERSIBLE and tends to happens gradually.
A patient is presenting with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The patient has a chronic productive
cough with dyspnea on excretion. Arterial blood gases show a low oxygen level and high carbon dioxide
level in the blood. On assessment, the patient has cyanosis in the lips and edema in the abdomen and
legs. Based on your nursing knowledge and the patient's symptoms, you suspect the patient suffers
from what type of COPD? - ✅✅Chronic bronchitis
The key words to let you know the patient is experiencing chronic bronchitis are: cyanosis and edema in
the abdomen and legs. Remember chronic bronchitis is sometimes referred to as "blue bloaters".
A patient with emphysema may present with all of the following symptoms EXCEPT? -
✅✅Hypoventilation
Patients with emphysema present with HYPERventilation. The body will try to compensate for the low
oxygen blood levels and will cause the patient to hyperventilate. Remember emphysema patients are
sometimes called "pink puffers". They will have a barrel chest (due to the use of accessory muscles for
breathing), hyperinflation of the lungs (due to damage of the alveoli sacs and creation of air sacs), and
hypercapnia (high carbon dioxide levels).
The term" blue bloaters" is used to describe patients with? - ✅✅Chronic Bronchitis
"Blue bloaters" is used to describe patients with chronic bronchitis, and the term "pink puffers" is used
to describe patients with emphysema.
A patient is newly diagnosed with COPD due to chronic bronchitis. You're providing education to the
patient about this disease process. Which statement by the patient indicates they understood your
teaching about this condition? - ✅✅"Complications from this condition can lead to pulmonary
hypertension and right-sided heart failure."
This is the only correct statement. Option A is wrong because smoking cessation will NOT cure the
condition but it may slow down the progress of it. Option C is wrong because the patient may develop
HIGH LEVELS of red blood cells due to the body trying to compensate for hypoxia. Option D is wrong
because patients with COPD are stimulated to breathe due to LOW OXYGEN LEVELS rather than high
carbon dioxide levels.
True or False: COPD is reversible and tends to happens gradually. - ✅✅False
COPD IRREVERSIBLE and tends to happens gradually.
A patient is presenting with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The patient has a chronic productive
cough with dyspnea on excretion. Arterial blood gases show a low oxygen level and high carbon dioxide
level in the blood. On assessment, the patient has cyanosis in the lips and edema in the abdomen and
legs. Based on your nursing knowledge and the patient's symptoms, you suspect the patient suffers
from what type of COPD? - ✅✅Chronic bronchitis
The key words to let you know the patient is experiencing chronic bronchitis are: cyanosis and edema in
the abdomen and legs. Remember chronic bronchitis is sometimes referred to as "blue bloaters".
A patient with emphysema may present with all of the following symptoms EXCEPT? -
✅✅Hypoventilation
Patients with emphysema present with HYPERventilation. The body will try to compensate for the low
oxygen blood levels and will cause the patient to hyperventilate. Remember emphysema patients are
sometimes called "pink puffers". They will have a barrel chest (due to the use of accessory muscles for
breathing), hyperinflation of the lungs (due to damage of the alveoli sacs and creation of air sacs), and
hypercapnia (high carbon dioxide levels).
The term" blue bloaters" is used to describe patients with? - ✅✅Chronic Bronchitis
"Blue bloaters" is used to describe patients with chronic bronchitis, and the term "pink puffers" is used
to describe patients with emphysema.
A patient is newly diagnosed with COPD due to chronic bronchitis. You're providing education to the
patient about this disease process. Which statement by the patient indicates they understood your
teaching about this condition? - ✅✅"Complications from this condition can lead to pulmonary
hypertension and right-sided heart failure."
This is the only correct statement. Option A is wrong because smoking cessation will NOT cure the
condition but it may slow down the progress of it. Option C is wrong because the patient may develop
HIGH LEVELS of red blood cells due to the body trying to compensate for hypoxia. Option D is wrong
because patients with COPD are stimulated to breathe due to LOW OXYGEN LEVELS rather than high
carbon dioxide levels.
