Chapter 39: Oxygenation and Perfusion
The obstetric nurse is assisting the birth of a preterm neonate. In preparing for the respiratory needs of the neonate, the nurse is aware that surfactant is formed in utero around?
34 to 36 weeks
A nurse is volunteering at a day camp. A child is stung by a bee and develops wheezing in the upper airways. The child is experiencing?
A bronchospasm
What is the most important risk factor in pulmonary disease?
Active and passive cigarette smoke
Martin is a 58-year-old smoker who was admitted to the hospital with worsening shortness of breath over the last 2 days. He states that he is having some chest discomfort. The nurse asks him further about this in order to characterize whether this may be cardiac related, musculoskeletal related, or respiratory related. Martin states that when he breathes in, he feels as if the air passing into his lungs is burning him. It is also very painful to swallow. Based on what Martin is stating, which illness does the nurse suspect is causing Martin's chest discomfort?
Acute bronchitis
A nurse is admitting a 6 year old child after a tonsillectomy to the surgical unit. The nurse obtains the client's weight and places electrocardiogram (EKG) leads on the chest and a pulse oximeter on the left finger. The client's heart rate reads 100 bpm and the pulse oximeter reads 99%. These readings best indicate?
Adequate tissue perfusion
A nurse assessing a client's respiratory effort notes that the client's breaths are shallow and 8 per minute. Shortly after, the client's respirations cease. Which form of oxygen delivery should the nurse use for this client?
Ambu bag
The nurse is assessing a newborn in the nursery. The nurse notes the infant has episodes in which breathing ceased for 20 seconds on 2 occasions. The nurse correctly recognizes this as?
Apnea
A client who was prescribed CPAP reports nonadherence to treatment. What is the priority nursing intervention?
Ask the client what factors contribute to nonadherence
The nurse is educating an adolescent with asthma on how to use a metered-dose inhaler. Which education point follows recommended guidelines?
Be sure to shake the canister before using it
The nurse is teaching the client with a pulmonary disorder about deep breathing. The client asks, "Why is it important to start by breathing through my nose, then exhaling through my mouth?" Which appropriate response would the nurse give this client?
Breathing through your nose first will warm, filter, and humidity the air you are breathing
The nurse is caring for an older adult client on home oxygen who has dentures but has quit wearing them stating that the dentures irritate the gums. What nursing action is appropriate?
Check fit of oxygen mask.
The nurse is caring for an older adult client on home oxygen who has dentures but has quit wearing them stating that the dentures irritates the gums. What nursing action is appropriate?
Check the fit of the oxygen mask
The nurse is informed while receiving a nursing report that the client has been hypoxic during the evening shift. Which assessment finding is consistent with hypoxia?
Confusion
A client with closed-angle glaucoma and a cough has a prescription for a cough medicine. The nurse would question which cough medicine if prescribed for the client?
Cough medicine with an antihistamine
A woman comes to the emergency room with her two year old son. She state he woke up and had a loud barking cough. The child is suffering from?
Croup
Which dietary guideline would be appropriate for the older adult homebound client with advanced respiratory disease who informs the nurse that she has no energy to eat?
Eat smaller meals that are high in protein.
A client with no prior history of respiratory illness has been admitted to a postoperative unit following foot surgery. What intervention should the nurse prioritize in an effort to prevent postoperative pneumonia and atelectasis during this time of reduced mobility following surgery?
Educating the client on the use of incentive spirometry
The nurse is caring for a client who reports difficulty breathing. In what position would the nurse place this client?
Fowler's position
A child is admitted to the pediatric division with an acute asthma attack. The nurse assesses the lung sounds and respiratory rate. The mother asks the nurse, "Why is his chest sucking in above his stomach? The nurse's most accurate response is?
He is using the chest muscles to help him breathe
The nurse is delegating hygiene care to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) for a client with hypoxia. In which position will the nurse tell the UAP to place the client?
High Fowler
The nurse is caring for a client who is diagnosed with impaired gas exchange. While performing a physical assessment of the client, which data is the nurse likely to find, keeping in mind the client's diagnosis?
High respiratory rate
A client suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) reports that it is hard to cough up secretions and they are thick and sticky. The nurse should instruct the client to?
Increase her fluid intake to thin her secretions
The nurse is listening to the client's lungs and hears them fill with air and then return to a resting position. How will the nurse document this assessment data?
Inspiration and expiration
Which teaching about the humidifier is important for the nurse to provide to a client using oxygen?
It decreases dry mucous membranes via delivering small water droplets
To determine the quality of oxygenation, the nurse performs the physical assessment, the arterial blood gas test, and pulse oximetry. What is the purpose of the pulse oximetry test?
Monitor the amount of oxygen saturation in the blood
A client with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been ordered oxygen at 3 L/min as needed for the treatment of dyspnea. What delivery mode is most appropriate to this client's needs?
Nasal cannula
What are the three major organs of the upper respiratory tract?
Pharynx, mouth, and nose
A client's primary care provider has informed the nurse that the client will require thoracentesis. The nurse should suspect that the client has developed which disorder of lung function?
Pleural effusion
A client returns to the telemetry unit after an operative procedure. Which diagnostic test will the nurse perform to monitor the effectiveness of the oxygen therapy ordered for the client?
Pulse oximetry
When reviewing data collection on a client with a cardiac output of 2.5 L/minute, the nurse inspects the client for which symptom?
Rapid respirations
A client vomits as a nurse is inserting his oropharyngeal airway. What would be the most appropriate intervention in this situation?
Remove the airway, turn the client to the side, and provide mouth suction, if necessary
The nurse schedules a pulmonary function test to measure the amount of air left in a client's lungs at maximal expiration. What test does the nurse order?
Residual volume
The nurse is demonstrating oxygen administration to a client. Which teaching will the nurse include about the humidifier?
Small water droplets come from this, thus preventing dry mucous membranes
The nurse is caring for a client with shortness of breath who is receiving oxygen at 4 L/minute. Which assessment finding will demonstrate that oxygen therapy is effective?
Sp02 92%
Which nursing skill requires the nurse to use sterile technique?
Suctioning a tracheostomy
A client receiving home oxygen calls the telehealth nurse to report that her caretaker removed her oxygen tank from the wheeled carrier. What is the appropriate telehealth nurse response?
The caregiver will need to place the oxygen tank back into the secure carrier
A new graduate nurse is performing a focused respiratory assessment. The nurse preceptor will intervene if which action by the graduate nurse is noted?
The graduate nurse auscultates breath sounds as the client breathes through the nose
The newly hired nurse is caring for a client who had a tracheostomy four hours ago. Which action by the nurse would cause the charge nurse to intervene?
The newly hired nurse delegates care of the tracheostomy to a licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN)
The nurse is auscultating the lungs of a client and detects normal vesicular breath sounds. What is a characteristic of vesicular breath sounds?
They are low-pitched, soft sounds heard over peripheral lung fields.
What are the three major organs of the lower respiratory tract?
Trachea, bronchi, and lungs
The nurse is caring for a client who has a percutaneous tracheostomy (PCT) following a skydiving accident. Which oxygen delivery device will the nurse select?
Tracheostomy collar
A nurse auscultates the lungs of a client with asthma. Which lung sound is characteristic of this condition?
Wheezes
In which client would the nurse assess for a depressed respiratory system?
a client taking opioids for cancer pain
Upon evaluation of a client's medical history, the nurse recognizes that which of the following conditions may lead to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the tissues of the body?
chronic anemia
A client has edema of the feet and ankles, along with crackles in the Lower lobes and a frothy, productive cough. The client is suffering from?
congestive heart failure
Oxygen and carbon dioxide move between the alveoli and the blood by?
diffusion
The nurse is caring for a client who has been prescribed humidified oxygen at 6 L/minute. Which type of liquid will the nurse gather to set up the humidifier?
distilled water
The nurse is conducting a respiratory assessment of a client age 71 years who has been recently admitted to the hospital unit. Which assessment finding should the nurse interpret as abnormal?
fine crackles to the bases of the lungs bilaterally
A client has been put on oxygen therapy because of low oxygen saturation levels in the blood. What should the nurse use to regulate the amount of oxygen delivered to the client?
flow meter
The nurse assesses a client and detects the following findings: difficulty breathing, increased respiratory and pulse rates, and pale skin with regions of cyanosis. What condition would the nurse suspect as causing these respiratory alterations?
hypoxia
A nurse is caring for an asthmatic client who requires a low concentration of oxygen. Which delivery device should the nurse use in order to administer oxygen to the client?
nasal cannula
The nurse is caring for a client admitted for a mild exacerbation of asthma who has been prescribed portable oxygen at 2 L/min. What delivery device will the nurse select to apply oxygen to the client?
nasal cannula
