WorksheetsRespiratory
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
A nurse finds a patient who is unresponsive and calls for help The patient is not breathing and does not have a pulse. The nurse begins CPR with 30 chest compressions and attempts to ventilate. The patient's chest does not rise. Their head is re-tilted, and another attempt to ventilate is unsuccessful. What does the nurse do next?
Performs abdominal thrusts
Continues CPR with chest compressions
Re-tilts the head and attempts to ventilate again
Performs a blind finger sweep
The most common cause of respiratory insufficiency is
Obstruction
aspiration
pneumonia
dysphagia
The nurse monitoring patients eating in the dining room of a skilled nursing facility notes that a patient begins choking. As the nurse prepares to deliver the Heimlich maneuver, the fist should be positioned:
Halfway between the xiphoid process and the umbilicus
Directly over the sternum
Between the umbilicus and the symphysis pubis
Directly over the umbilicus
The nurse instructing the patient to perform forceful exhalation coughing would instruct the patient to take in:
One deep breath and quickly exhale
Two breaths and force the air out quickly
Two deep breaths, then inhale deeply again and force the air quickly.
One breath, hold it for 3 seconds, then forcefully exhale three times with mouth open
When suctioning a patient, you should:
Apply suction intermittently as the catheter is inserted.
Suction the patient for longer than 10 seconds each time.
Oxygenate the patient's lungs before and after suctioning.
Apply suction continuously while inserting the catheter.
An 87 year old client requires long-term ventilator therapy. He has a tracheostomy in place an requires frequent suctioning. Which technique is correct?
Using intermittent suction while advancing the catheter
Using continuous suction for no longer than 10 seconds while withdrawing the catheter
Using intermittent suction for no longer than 20 seconds while withdrawing the catheter.
Using continuous suction while advancing the catheter.
A pulse oximeter gives what type of information about a client?
Amount of carbon dioxide in the blood
Amount of oxygen in the blood
Percentage of hemoglobin carrying oxygen
Respiratory rate
A client with a chest tube has accidentally removed it. What action should the nurse perform first?
Position the client on his left side.
Position the client on his right side.
Apply occlusive dressing over the site.
Reinsert the chest tube that fell out.
A client was given morphine for pain. He's sleeping and his respiratory rate is 4 breaths/minute. If action isn't taken quickly he might have which reaction?
Asthma attack
Respiratory arrest
Seizure
Wake up on his own
Which measure can reduce or prevent the incidence of atelectasis in a postoperative client?
Chest physiotherapy
Mechanical ventilation
Reducing oxygen requirements
Use of an incentive spirometer
A client with emphysema should receive only 1 to 3 L/minute of oxygen, if needed, or he may lose his hypoxic drive. Which statement is correct about hypoxic drive?
The client doesn't notice he needs to breathe.
The client breaths only when his oxygen levels climb above a certain point.
The client breathes only when his oxygen levels dip below a certain point.
The client breathes only when his carbon dioxide level dips below a certain point.
An elderly client with pneumonia may appear with which symptom first?
Altered mental status and dehydration
Fever and chills
Hemoptysis and dyspnea
Pleuritic chest pain and cough
