Respiratory 2 Flashcards
Which of the following assessments would most likely be expected in a patient with acute bronchitis?
Crackles
Rhonchi
Positive egophony
Dullness on percussion
Rhonchi
A patient is to be treated for pneumonia. Which is an incorrect statement made by the nurse in regards to this treatment?
An expectorant may help with mucus congestion.
Humidified oxygen may help with the patient’s gas exchange.
Antipyretics may help reduce the patient’s fever.
Pneumonia is always bacterial, so the mainstay of treatment is antibacterial medications.
Pneumonia is always bacterial, so the mainstay of treatment is antibacterial medications.
A patient has tuberculosis. What will the nurse expect to see on the chest x-ray?
Increased anterior-posterior dimensions
Microemboli
Enlarged heart
Abnormal spots or infiltrations on lungs
Abnormal spots or infiltrations on lungs
A nurse is asked to place a patient with pneumonia in Fowler’s position. Which position does the nurse choose?
Place the patient supine.
Elevate the patient’s head and torso.
Ask the patient to lie on the left side.
Ask the patient to lie on the right side.
Elevate the patient’s head and torso.
Which of the following conditions may present with hemoptysis? Select all that apply.
Tuberculosis Pneumonia Strep throat Sinusitis Laryngitis
Tuberculosis
Pneumonia
For which of the following diseases is the causative agent likely to be a virus? Select all that apply.
Tuberculosis Bronchitis Strep throat Acute pharyngitis Rhinitis
Bronchitis
Acute pharyngitis
Rhinitis
An induration of 18 mm is noted in response to the Mantoux test. What is the likely conclusion?
Active tuberculosis
Quarantine needed
Negative Mantoux result
Chest x-ray follow-up
Chest x-ray follow-up
A nursing student is reviewing how exposure to tuberculosis may develop into a transmissible disease. Please place the following events in the proper sequence.
Lung tubercles form.
There is exposure to M. tuberculosis
M. tuberculosis infects lungs.
Infectious bacteria emerge from tubercles.
Infectious bacteria walled off in lungs.
- There is exposure to M. tuberculosis
- M. tuberculosis infects lungs.
- Infectious bacteria walled off in lungs.
- Lung tubercles form.
- Infectious bacteria emerge from tubercles.
A patient wants to know what “apnea” means, as he has been diagnosed with sleep apnea. Which of the following response by the nurse is appropriate?
You have loss of consciousness from holding your breath at night.
Your swallowing reflex disrupts your breathing.
Apnea is cessation of breathing, which you experience during your sleep for brief moments.
Apnea is when you hyperventilate because you cannot catch your breath. This is happening while you sleep.
Apnea is cessation of breathing, which you experience during your sleep for brief moments.
A patient with emphysema is being assessed. Which of the following is an expected finding?
Cyanosis
Hyperresonance on percussion of the lungs
Decreased chest volume
Bronchial constriction
Hyperresonance on percussion of the lungs
A patient has been scheduled for a sleep study for obstructive sleep apnea. The patient wants to know what they will be looking for during the test. Which of the following is appropriate for the nurse to share?
We will see whether you try to sleepwalk during the test.
We will be looking to see whether you enter deep sleep and for how long.
We will be looking to see whether you stop breathing, even briefly, during the night.
We will see whether you have restless-leg syndrome.
We will be looking to see whether you stop breathing, even briefly, during the night.
