HESI Med Surg Final Exam 2024 | Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest Update

1. *Thoracentesis. What position would you place them in?: Seated Upright, leaning over table Rationale: To increase lung expansion 2. thoracentesis?: the surgical puncture of the chest wall with a needle to obtain fluid from the pleural cavity 3. What should the nurse expect for a client who has unstable Angina who had a cardiac catheter?: Thorocentesis 4. Metabolic Acidosis Respirations: Kussmaul respirations 5. Kussmaul breathing: gasping, labored breathing, also called air hunger A sign of acidosis 6. *Wheezing (expiratory): Wheezing is a short, high pitched sound made on expiratory 7. *Abnormal Breathe sounds: used to describe bronchial or bronchovesicular sounds heard in the peripheral lung fields. 8. *Adventitous sounds?: extra and abnormal breath sounds. 9. *Bronchoscopy nurse priority and aftercare?: Keep pt NPO until gag reflux returns. 10. bronchoscopy?: A visual examination of the bronchi 11. Bronchoscopy procedure: Bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows your doc- tor to look at your airway through a thin viewing instrument called a bronchoscope. During a bronchoscopy , your doctor will examine your throat, larynx , trachea , and lower airways. Can get a specifimen collection, do biopsy, suction mucous plugs and remove foreign objects