NSG 506 Exam 2 questions with answers

NSG 506 Exam 2 questions with
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answers


pediatric respiratory differences - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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respiratory arrest more common than cardiac
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- smaller lungs and less alveoli = less reserve
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- large tongue
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- airway smaller and shorter
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- funnel shaped larynx
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- ACT QUICKLY!
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acute respiratory failure - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔results from
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inadequate gas exchange |\ |\




hypoxemia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔insufficient O2 transferred to
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the blood
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hypoxemia clinical manifestations - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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headache
- SOB|\




- increased heartbeat
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- wheezing
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- confusion
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- bluish color in skin, fingernails, and lips
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, hypercapnia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔inadequate CO2 removal
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from the blood
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hypercapnia clinical manifestations - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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sleepy/somnolent
- RR can start to decrease
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- increase in BP
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typical first sign of respiratory event - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔mental status changes |\ |\




respiratory distress s/s - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- alert, irritable,
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anxious
- stridor
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- audible wheezing
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- respiratory rate faster than normal for age
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- intercostal retractions
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- nasal flaring
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- neck muscle use
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- central cyanosis that resolves with oxygen administration
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- mild tachycardia
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- able to maintain sitting position (children older than four
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months)