True or false. Perfusion is the arterial blood flow through the tissue

True or false. Oxygen diffuses in blood and transported to all tissues and organ

Co2, the waste gas created in the tissue, diffuses from the blood into the __________.

Why are patients accidentally intubated in the right bronchus instead of the left bronchus?

The patient lab results are ready for view. The nurse sees the patient has decreased amount of type II pneumocytes cell. This patient is at risk for

The nurse and student nurse are discussing different chest x-ray images. Which of the statement indicates the student nurse needs more teaching?

About 60 to 65% lung function occur in the _______lung. Any problem with the _______ lung interferes with gas exchange and perfusion to a greater degree.

Is a part of the upper respiratory tract? Select all that applies

Blood flow through the lung through 2 separate systems?

What is the function of the epiglottis?

Accessory muscles are responsible for?

True or false? Scalene ,Trapezius, sternocleidomastoid, pectoralis minor are considered accessory muscles

The nasopharynx contains what structures? what are the functions?

What are the three cartilages that makes of the larynx?(voice box)

This opening is made between the thyroid and cricoid cartilage and results in a tracheostomy?

Each molecule of hgb, can bind how many oxygen molecules?

When the need for oxygen is greater in the tissues the curve shifts to the ___________ which means that hemoglobin will dissociate oxygen faster even when the tissue oxygen tension levels are greater than 26 mmhg.

What condition shifts the curve to the right? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

When the tissue need less oxygen the oxygen-hemoglobin curve dissociated to the _____________.

What have lower levels of DPG? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

A person is having a heart attack, blood flow is reduced and the heart muscle is metabolizing under hypoxic conditions, which creates more carbon dioxide in the tissue and shift the oxygen-hemoglobin to the?

What if a person believes he or she is having indigestion, but is actually having a heart attack. The person tries to correct the problem by taking large amount of bicarbonate-based antacids? Why is the oxygen dissociation curve shifted to the left?

Which conditions are most likely to cause a left shift of the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve? Select all that apply.

An older woman had appendectomy surgery one day ago. She has a weak cough and will not get out of bed. What pulmonary hygiene should the nurse recommend for this patient?

The patient is more confused than she was on yesterday. The Patient is not oriented to time, place and situation. What is a priority assessment for this patient?

What are respiratory-related changes with aging? Select all the apply

The nurse is assessing a patient that smoked 2 pack of cigarettes per day for 20 years. What is the patient's pack-year?

What are the three cartilages that makes of the larynx?(voice box)

True or false? Is inhaled toxins greater in hookah than cigarettes

Vaping contains nicotine and lung toxic called diacetyl that causes?

Cigarette smoking is the highest among which group of people?

What would you recommend to help a patient with smoking cessation?Select all that apply

Zyban and Chantix has a black box warning. What are symptoms a nurse needs to watch for?

As a nurse, what would you teach a person who has workplace or home exposure to inhalation irritants. Select all that apply

A patient comes to the emergency room and has a cough for 3 days. What is the nurse priority?

When assessing a patient for a cough, what other drugs can stimulate a cough

Chemotherapy medication(Bleomycin) and amiodarone can cause?

Travel and geographic area of residence may reveal exposure to certain diseases.What are some example of those diseases? Select all that apply

A patient comes in the emergency room with a cough and has excessive amount of pink frothy sputum. What diagnose who you expect from the doctor?

The patient in room 347 is coughing up frank bloody secretions. The doctor orders different test to find out the patient's problem. What could the nurse infer the problem is from the assessment?

What is the difference between Cardiac and pulmonary chest pain

A patient comes in the emergency room and has a difficult time breathing while lying down. However, his breathing gets better when he sits up. What should the nurse suspect the problem is? Select all that apply

Which assessment finding is the most important for nurse to determine when assessing dyspnea? Select all that apply

A bluish-gray nasal mucous indicates

What is a priority assessment for this patient?

how would you assess?

What conditons push the trachea away from the midline? select all that apply

What conditions pull the trachea toward the affected area?

What is the normal chest diameter

When assessing a patient, you palpate the skin and noticed crackling sensation, HR 140, BP 88/50, and diminished breath sounds noticed on the right side. As a nurse, what would you expect the doctor to order?

Tactile Fremitus is felt as vibrating of the chest wall ;produced when the patient speaks. Which conditions cause a decrease in fremitus? Select all that apply.

The nurse assessing the respiratory status of a client and discovers that tactile fremitus has increased from the assessment performed on yesterday. For which possible respiratory problem should the nurse assess further? select all that apply

The respiratory therapist is percussing the lung and noticing a high pitch tympanic sound(like a drum). For which possible respiratory problem should the therapist expect?

The respiratory therapist is percussing the lung and noticing a high loud hypperesonance sound. For which possible respiratory problem should the therapist expect.

The respiratory therapist is percussing the lung and noticing a soft flat sound. For which possible respiratory problem should the therapist expect?

The respiratory therapist is percussing the lung and noticing a dull sound (thud like). For which possible respiratory problem should the therapist expect? Select all that apply

A patient comes in the emergency room with sinusitis. The nurse recommends a facial x-ray to the doctor? The doctor wants to know why the nurse recommends facial x-ray. The nurse should say?

The doctor ordered a CT of the chest with IV contrast. What are some important assessment question to ask before the CT? Select all that apply

An lady comes in the emergency room with wheezes. The CNA placed the patient in triage and obtained vitals. The CNA reported the vital signs to the nurse. She stated that the patient is reading 89% on the pulse ox. How should the nurse intervene? [ hint: look at the picture to help assess}

A patient is one day post-op. She has a morphine pump and Petco2 monitor in her room. The Petco2 is alarming and the reading on the monitor is 72. What could be possibly cause this problem? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

A patient is one day post-op. She has a morphine pump and Petco2 monitor in her room. The Petco2 is alarming and the reading on the monitor is 10. What could be possibly cause this problem?

A female patient asked the nurse "Why does my PFT's test differ from my father's test because we both have cystic fibrosis." What should the nurse say to the patient?

What do the nurse need to teach before a PFT test? Select all that apply.

The patient is scheduled for bronchoscopy. The patient asks how long I need to remain NPO before the procedure. The nurse should say:

The nurse is preparing Benzocaine spray to numb the oropharynx. When using Benzocaine, what are some complications the nurse need to watch for? Select all that apply

What should the nurse recommend for the treatment of methemoglobinemia?

The patient is in post-op recovery after a bronchoscopy, the patient is drowsy, and has a decrease gag reflex. The patient asked for water because her throat is dry. What should the nurse say to the patient?

After a bronchoscopy, the nurse monitor the patient every 15 minutes for the first 2 hours for what complications? Select all that apply

A patient came into the emergency room with a cough, chest pain, and shortness of breath. The emergency room doctor obtained a chest x-ray and the chest revealed a large right pleural effusion. How would the nurse prepare the patient for thoracentesis?

After thoracentesis, Why do the doctor order an chest x-ray?

what are signs of pneumothorax? select all that apply

A patient in room 347 is requiring 100% oxygen. He has been on oxygen for 36 hours. He starts having dyspnea, nonproductive cough, chest pain beneath the sternum,GI upset and crackles. What's the possible problem?

The patient is receiving 100% oxygen. The nurse is doing her rounds and noticed that patient has crackles in the lung field. The nurse notified the doctor, she should suggested what possible diagnoses to the doctor.

What are symptoms for the flu A select all that apply

When are patients considered most contagious for the flu?

Flu strain B can lead to what symptoms?

When are adults considered most contagious for the flu?

A bluish-gray nasal mucous indicates

CT scan assess for soft tissue with consecutive cross-sectional view of the chest. This imaging can verify the identity of what?

A nurse assessed a dark skinned patient. She placed him on a pulse oximetry. What should the nurse expect?

When a patient have any degree of impaired peripheral blood flow, the most accurate place to test oxygen saturation is?

The most common reason for performing PFT's is to determine the cause of

FVC determines muscle strength and this test is reduced in what type of patient. select all that apply

RV is the amount of air remaining in the lungs at the end of full forced exhalation. The test is increased in what type of patients. Select all that apply

After the respiratory therapist has completed the PFT's test. What do the nurse needs to assess for?

What is considered a priority before a brochoscopy?

The nurse needs to stress the importance of not moving, coughing or deep breathing during the Thoracentesis to avoid?

To prevent re expansion during a Thoracentsis prodecure, how much fluid is removed?

After a thoracentesis, the nurse should encourage the patient to?

Lung biopsy is performed to obtain diagnose cancer, infection, inflammation and lung disease. What will you as nurse explain to the patient about the percutaneous biopsy.

After the lung biopsy, how often are breath sounds and vitals signs are monitor.

What are respiratory-related changes with aging? Select all the apply