therapeutics exam 4 practice Q's

Bronchovesicular breath sounds

medium-pitched blowing sounds heard over the major bronchi

When inspecting a patient's chest to assess respiratory status, the nurse should be aware of which normal finding?

The chest should be slightly convex with no sternal depression.

A client requires low-flow oxygen. How will the oxygen be administered?

• Simple oxygen mask • Nasal cannula • Partial rebreather mask

A nurse suctioning a patient through a tracheostomy tube should be careful not to occlude the Y-port when inserting the suction catheter because it would cause what condition to occur?

Trauma to the tracheal mucosa

During data collection, the nurse auscultates low-pitched, soft sounds over the lungs' peripheral fields. Which appropriate terminology would the nurse use to describe these lung sounds when documenting?

vesicular

The nurse is caring for a client who has spontaneous respirations and needs to have oxygen administered at a FIO2 of 100%. Which of the following oxygen delivery systems should the nurse utilize?

Non-rebreather mask

While auscultating a client's chest, a nurse hears coarse crackles that are soft, high-pitched and discontinuous. The nurse interprets this finding as indicating which of the following?

Presence of sputum in the airways

Upon auscultation of the client's lungs, the nurse hears loud, high-pitched sounds over the larynx. What term will the nurse use in documentation to describe this breath sound?

bronchial

An older adult client is visibly pale with a respiratory rate of 30 breaths per minute. Upon questioning, the client states to the the nurse, "I can't seem to catch my breath." The nurse has responded by repositioning the client and measuring the client's oxygen saturation using pulse oximetry, yielding a reading of 90%. The nurse should interpret this oxygen saturation reading in light of the client's ...

hemoglobin level

A nurse is caring for older adults in a nursing home. Which of the following age-related changes may affect the respiratory functioning of the patients living there? Select all that apply.

• Less air exchange, more secretions in lungs • Greater risk for aspiration due to slower gastric motility