QUIZZES Unit 6- Oxygenation-Respiratory Flashcards
TRUE OR FALSE: Nose dehumidifies inhaled air
False: it humidifies
common problem encountered by your paranasal sinuses
Infection
What part of the larynx allows the food to go directly to the digestive tract and not the esophagus by covering the opening to the larynx during swallowing
Epiglottis
What is responsible for the lubrication of the thorax and permits smooth motion of the lungs
Pleura
WHat cell produces the surfactant
Type 2 cells
What occurs when the lungs and the thorax are “stiff”?
Decreased compliance
What question should the nurse include in her assessment?
The patient’s occupation
Excessive pink, frothy sputum is common in what condition?
Pulmonary edema
What to include in health teaching if the patient’s sputum is thick
Increase oral fluid intake
What sound to expect in a patient with bronchoconstriction?
Wheezing
What is often seen in patients with asthma and COPD
pursed-lip breathing
the nurse is performing percussion on a patient with fluid in their lungs. What can the nurse expect?
Dullness
What imaging assessment will be useful when the x-ray reveals suspicious lesions?
Computed Tomography (CT scan)
What is the nurse’s responsibility for a patient scheduled for a bronchoscopy
Spray lidocaine on the pharynx
The patient comes in with complains of morning headaches, insomnia, and and feeling sleepy during the day. His wife adds, “He keeps me up at night with his snoring.”
Sleep Apnea
What results from repetitive apnea that makes an emergency that the nurse must manage
Hypoxia
What medication can the nurse expect to be prescribed to the patient with sleep apnea that will help with daytime wakefulness?
Modafinil (Provigil)
What disorders could cause pleuritis
Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, Cancer
the patient with pleuritis, what clinical manifestation is considered the key characteristic?
Sharp, knifelike pain
The physician wants to order a more accurate diagnostic test to determine the volume of fluid for the patient suspected of pleural effusion
CT scan
What assessment finding is an indication of pneumothorax?
Reduced/decreased breath sounds
What happens during a mediastinal flutter?
shifting of the heart and great vessels towards the uninjured side
The patient is having an asthma attack. The nurse checks their ABG results and find that the PaCO2 level is normal which is an indication of?
Impending respiratory failure
The nurse administered immunomodulators to the patient diagnosed with asthma. What is the rationale behind this?
To prevent binding of IgE to the high-affinity receptors of basophils and mast cells
Emphysema is commonly referred to as?
Pink Puffers
Finding to be expected in chronic bronchitis
Decrease FEV1
What nursing interventions should you implement to prevent atelectasis?
Facilitate early ambulation
What major changes in the lungs take place in pulmonary emphysema?
Loss of elasticity and hyperinflation
