What are the nursing priorities for patient care prior to, during, and following
thoracentesis? - ANSWER Position the patient sitting or lying down...
Continue to monitor...
Help connect tubes to chest drainage...
A nurse caring for a patient with ARDS on BiPAP notices rapid development
and tachypnea with an RR of 37–41. What intervention might the nurse expect?
- ANSWER Call the emergency team for fast intubation.
For what purposes is EtCO2 monitoring recommended? - Wrong answer.
Making an accurate determination...
Monitoring patients recuperating from a general...
measuring the effectiveness of CPR.
The patient's ABG readings are as follows: pH 7.25, PaCO2 43, PaO2 80, SaO2
91%, and HCO3-18. What's the most likely underlying cause? - ANSWER
Acute Kidney Injury
Which patients require oxygen therapy with a low-flow device? - ANSWER
Who is post-operative?
A patient with respiratory failure following heart surgery has crackles in both
posterior lower lobes and is on 4 L/min of NC. Which interventions will help
maintain normal respiratory function? - ANSWER Reduce anxiousness.
, Ensure early, progressive mobility...
Use bronchodilators...
A nurse monitoring a patient undergoing bedside bronchoscopy notices a drop
in oxygen saturation. Which should the nurse expect? - ANSWER Listen to
lung noises...
Provide supplementary oxygen...
Keep track of EtCO2 levels.
The ABG test results for a patient with a spinal cord injury are pH 7.29, PaCO2
54, and HCO3-25. What acid-base imbalance is reflected? - ANSWER
Respiratory acidosis.
A COPD patient on PEEP reports experiencing abrupt chest pain. The nurse
notices tachycardia and shortness of breath. What other conditions should the
nurse expect? - ANSWER Reduced PaCO2 levels...
Reduced chest excursion on one side...
Decreased SaO2 levels
What are the right statements about a closed-chest drainage system or
component? - ANSWER To drain, the system pressure must be reduced...
Gravity, and occasionally suction...
Wet suction chambers generate suction.
thoracentesis? - ANSWER Position the patient sitting or lying down...
Continue to monitor...
Help connect tubes to chest drainage...
A nurse caring for a patient with ARDS on BiPAP notices rapid development
and tachypnea with an RR of 37–41. What intervention might the nurse expect?
- ANSWER Call the emergency team for fast intubation.
For what purposes is EtCO2 monitoring recommended? - Wrong answer.
Making an accurate determination...
Monitoring patients recuperating from a general...
measuring the effectiveness of CPR.
The patient's ABG readings are as follows: pH 7.25, PaCO2 43, PaO2 80, SaO2
91%, and HCO3-18. What's the most likely underlying cause? - ANSWER
Acute Kidney Injury
Which patients require oxygen therapy with a low-flow device? - ANSWER
Who is post-operative?
A patient with respiratory failure following heart surgery has crackles in both
posterior lower lobes and is on 4 L/min of NC. Which interventions will help
maintain normal respiratory function? - ANSWER Reduce anxiousness.
, Ensure early, progressive mobility...
Use bronchodilators...
A nurse monitoring a patient undergoing bedside bronchoscopy notices a drop
in oxygen saturation. Which should the nurse expect? - ANSWER Listen to
lung noises...
Provide supplementary oxygen...
Keep track of EtCO2 levels.
The ABG test results for a patient with a spinal cord injury are pH 7.29, PaCO2
54, and HCO3-25. What acid-base imbalance is reflected? - ANSWER
Respiratory acidosis.
A COPD patient on PEEP reports experiencing abrupt chest pain. The nurse
notices tachycardia and shortness of breath. What other conditions should the
nurse expect? - ANSWER Reduced PaCO2 levels...
Reduced chest excursion on one side...
Decreased SaO2 levels
What are the right statements about a closed-chest drainage system or
component? - ANSWER To drain, the system pressure must be reduced...
Gravity, and occasionally suction...
Wet suction chambers generate suction.
