ATI Acute Respiratory Disorders Exam
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nursing priority for clients who have acute respiratory disorders -
correct answer ✅maintain patent airway to promote oxygenation
acute respiratory disorders include: -
correct answer ✅rhinitis, sinusitis, influenza, pneumonia
pneumonia -
correct answer ✅inflammatory process in the lungs that produce
excess fluid which results in edema and exudate that fill alveoli
pneumonia triggers -
correct answer ✅infectious organisms or by aspiration of an
irritant, such as fluid or foreign object
pneumonia can be a ____ disease or complication of another
disease or condition -
correct answer ✅primary
people more susceptible to pneumonia -
correct answer ✅young clients, older adult clients, and clients
immunocompromised
,ATI Acute Respiratory Disorders Exam
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a contributing factor to development of pneumonia -
correct answer ✅immobility
2 types of pneumonia -
correct answer ✅1. community acquired pneumonia (CAP)
2. health care associated pneumonia (HAP)
CAP -
correct answer ✅most common type and often occurs as a
complication from influenza
HAP -
correct answer ✅higher mortality rate and more likely to be
resistant to antibiotics
-usually takes 24-48 hrs from the time client is exposed to acquire
HAP
why older clients are more susceptible to pneumonia -
correct answer ✅they have decreased pulmonary reserves due to
normal lung changes, including decreased lung elasticity and
thickening alveoli
, ATI Acute Respiratory Disorders Exam
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health promotion and disease prevention includes doing what? -
correct answer ✅1. wash hands to prevent spread of infection
2. encourage immunizations that prevent resp disorders, especially
flu and pneumonia to young children, elderly,
immunocompromised
3. limit airborne allergen exposure
4. promote smoking cessation
risk factors for pneumonia -
correct answer ✅1. recent exposure to infections (viral, bacterial
or influenza)
2. lack of immunizations
3. exposure to pollen, mold, dander, foods, meds, environmental
contaminants
4. tobacco
5. alcohol/cocaine
6. asthma, emphysema, COPD
7. foreign body
8. recent abdominal/thoracic surgery, decreased LOC, immobility -
can't move secretions
9. inactivity
Questions With 100% Verified Answers
nursing priority for clients who have acute respiratory disorders -
correct answer ✅maintain patent airway to promote oxygenation
acute respiratory disorders include: -
correct answer ✅rhinitis, sinusitis, influenza, pneumonia
pneumonia -
correct answer ✅inflammatory process in the lungs that produce
excess fluid which results in edema and exudate that fill alveoli
pneumonia triggers -
correct answer ✅infectious organisms or by aspiration of an
irritant, such as fluid or foreign object
pneumonia can be a ____ disease or complication of another
disease or condition -
correct answer ✅primary
people more susceptible to pneumonia -
correct answer ✅young clients, older adult clients, and clients
immunocompromised
,ATI Acute Respiratory Disorders Exam
Questions With 100% Verified Answers
a contributing factor to development of pneumonia -
correct answer ✅immobility
2 types of pneumonia -
correct answer ✅1. community acquired pneumonia (CAP)
2. health care associated pneumonia (HAP)
CAP -
correct answer ✅most common type and often occurs as a
complication from influenza
HAP -
correct answer ✅higher mortality rate and more likely to be
resistant to antibiotics
-usually takes 24-48 hrs from the time client is exposed to acquire
HAP
why older clients are more susceptible to pneumonia -
correct answer ✅they have decreased pulmonary reserves due to
normal lung changes, including decreased lung elasticity and
thickening alveoli
, ATI Acute Respiratory Disorders Exam
Questions With 100% Verified Answers
health promotion and disease prevention includes doing what? -
correct answer ✅1. wash hands to prevent spread of infection
2. encourage immunizations that prevent resp disorders, especially
flu and pneumonia to young children, elderly,
immunocompromised
3. limit airborne allergen exposure
4. promote smoking cessation
risk factors for pneumonia -
correct answer ✅1. recent exposure to infections (viral, bacterial
or influenza)
2. lack of immunizations
3. exposure to pollen, mold, dander, foods, meds, environmental
contaminants
4. tobacco
5. alcohol/cocaine
6. asthma, emphysema, COPD
7. foreign body
8. recent abdominal/thoracic surgery, decreased LOC, immobility -
can't move secretions
9. inactivity
