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,The nurse D. The fingernail and its base
assesses a Clubbing, a sign of long-standing
patient with hypoxemia, is evidenced by an
shortness of increase in the angle between the
breath for base of the nail and the fingernail to
evidence of 180 degrees or more, usually
long-standing accompanied by an increase in the
hypoxemia by depth, bulk, and sponginess of the
inspecting: end of the finger.
A. Chest
excursion
B. Spinal
curvatures
C. The
respiratory
pattern
D. The fingernail
and its base
,2. The nurse is B. 5 minutes Following obtaining an
caring for a arterial blood gas, the nurse should
patient with hold pressure on the puncture site
COPD and for 5 minutes by the clock to be sure
pneumonia who that bleeding has stopped. An artery
has an order for is an elastic vessel under higher
arterial blood pressure than veins, and significant
gases to be blood loss or hematoma formation
drawn. Which of could occur if the time is insufficient.
the following is
the minimum
length of time
the nurse should
plan to hold
pressure on the
puncture site?
A. 2 minutes
B. 5 minutes
C. 10 minutes
D. 15 minutes
, 3. The nurse A. test the drainage for the presence
notices clear of glucose. Clear nasal drainage
nasal drainage in suggests leakage of cerebrospinal
a patient newly fluid (CSF). The drainage should be
admitted with tested for the presence of glucose,
facial trauma, which would indicate the presence
including a nasal of CSF.
fracture. The
nurse should:
A. test the
drainage for the
presence of
glucose.
B. suction the
nose to maintain
airway
clearance.
C. document the
findings and
continue
monitoring.
D. apply a drip
pad and
reassure the
patient this is
normal.