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NSG 252 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Red flag values for acute respiratory Failure - answer- Pa02 <60 = hypoxemic oe 02 failure paCO2 >45 with Acidemia + hypercapnia/ventilatory failure Sa02 <90 for both causes of acute respiratory failure - answer- Trauma, neuromuscular disorders, resp depression, obesity, sleep apnea, COPD, asthma, PE, pneumothorax, pulm. edema, high altitude, CHF, shock, ARDS s/s of hypoxic failure - answer- restless, irritable, confused, tachycardia S...

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NSG 252 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Physiologic factors that affect oxygenation - answer- -Decreased oxygen-carrying capacity -Hypovolemia -Decreased inspired oxygen -Increased metabolic rate Issues with chest wall movement - answer- -pregnancy -obesity -musculoskeletal abnormalities -trauma -neuromuscular diseases -central nervous system alterations -influences of chronic lung disease Respiratory alterations - answer- -Hypoventilation -Hyperventilation -Hypoxia What is h...

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NSG 252 Exam 2 - Practice Questions and Answers The components of the nursing metaparadigm include: 1. Person, health, environment, and theory 2. Health, theory, concepts, and environment 3. Nurses, physicians, health, and patient needs 4. Person, health, environment, and nursing - answer- 4. Person, health, environment, and nursing Theory is essential to nursing practice because it: (select all that apply) 1. Contributes to nursing knowledge 2. Predicts patient behaviors in situatio...

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