AACN ECCO Pulmonary Part 1

What are the nursing priorities for patient care before, during, or after thoracentesis? - Answer- Position patient sitting on or lying... Continually monitor... Help attach tubes to chest drainage... A nurse caring for a patient with ARDS on BiPAP observes rapid progression and tachypnea with RR between 37 and 41. What intervention should the nurse anticipate? - Answer- Call emergency team for rapid intubation For which purposes is EtCO2 monitoring indicated? - Answer- WRONG Determining accurate... Monitoring patients recovering from general... Measuring effectiveness of CPR A patient has the following ABG results: pH 7.25, PaCO2 43, PaO2 80, SaO2 91%, and HCO3- 18. What is the most likely underlying cause? - Answer- Acute kidney injury Which patient has an indication for oxygen therapy with a low-flow device? - Answer- Who is postoperative... A patient with respiratory failure following cardiac surgery has crackles in bilateral posterior lower lobes and is on 4 L/min NC. Which interventions will promote normal respiratory function? - Answer- Reduce anxiety... Ensure early progressive mobility... Administer bronchodilators... A nurse monitoring a patient undergoing bedside bronchoscopy notes a decline in a patient's oxygen saturation. Which should the nurse anticipate? - Answer- Auscultate lung sounds... Provide supplemental O2... Monitor