Focus on Adult Health Medical-Surgical Nursing Psc Edition by Linda
Focus on Adult Health Medical-Surgical Nursing Psc Edition by Linda
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Chapter 8- Respiratory Function
Complete Chapter Questions With Answers
Sample Questions Are Posted Below
| 1. | A patient is having her tonsils removed. The patient asks the nurse what function the tonsils serve. Which of the following would be the most accurate response? | |
| A) | “The tonsils aid in digestion.” | |
| B) | “The tonsils help to guard the body from invasion of organisms.” | |
| C) | “The tonsils contain nerves that provoke sneezing.” | |
| D) | “The tonsils regulate the airflow to the bronchi.” | |
| 2. | An emergency department (ED) nurse is caring for a patient complaining of dyspnea. The nurse assesses the patient’s chest and hears wheezing throughout the lung fields. What might this indicate? | |
| A) | The patient is in bronchospasm. | |
| B) | The patient has pneumonia. | |
| C) | The patient needs physiotherapy. | |
| D) | The patient has a hemothorax. | |
| 3. | The nurse is caring for a patient admitted with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. During assessment, the nurse finds that the patient is experiencing a change in his respiratory and mental status. The nurse is aware that the most accurate measurement of the concentration of oxygen in the patient’s blood is what? | |
| A) | A capillary blood sample | |
| B) | Pulse oximetry | |
| C) | An arterial blood gas (ABG) study | |
| D) | Assessment of the patient’s nail beds | |
| 4. | An acutely ill patient is in a supine position. What approach should the nurse take to assess the patient’s lung fields for a patient in this position? | |
| A) | Inform the health care provider that the patient is in a supine position and anticipate an order for a portable chest X-ray. | |
| B) | Turn the patient on his or her side to assess all lung fields, so that dependent areas can be assessed for breath sounds. | |
| C) | Avoid turning the patient, and assess the accessible breath sounds from the anterior chest wall. | |
| D) | Obtain a pulse oximetry reading and, if the reading is low, reposition the patient and auscultate breath sounds. | |
| 5. | While doing rounds at the beginning of a shift, the nurse notices a sputum specimen sitting on the bedside table in a patient’s room and asks the patient when she produced the sputum specimen. Learning the specimen is about 4 hours old, what action should the nurse take? | |
| A) | Immediately take the sputum specimen to the laboratory. | |
| B) | Discard the specimen and assist the patient in obtaining another specimen. | |
| C) | Refrigerate the sputum specimen. | |
| D) | Wait an additional 2 hours before sending the specimen to the laboratory. | |
Answer Key
| 1. | B |
| 2. | A |
| 3. | C |
| 4. | B |
| 5. | B |
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