Oxygen Prep U

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Flowmeter

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?

nebulizer

A patient with a diagnosis of advanced Alzheimer disease who is unable to follow directions requires an inhaled bronchodilator. Which of the following medication delivery systems is most appropriate for this patient?

Diffusion

Oxygen and carbon dioxide move between the alveoli and the blood by

Hypoxia

The nurse assesses a patient 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?

Administer Oxygen

The nurse caring for a client on the medical-surgical unit collects the following data during head-to-toe assessment; mid-sternal chest pain, nausea, and pulse oximetry (SpO2) of 86%. The nurse would next implement which priority nursing intervention for this client who is experiencing these symptoms?

30 to 55 breaths per minute

The nurse is assessing the vital signs of a newborn. The nurse documents which respiratory rate as normal?

They are low-pitched, soft sounds heard over peripheral lung fields.

The nurse is auscultating the lungs of a patient and detects normal vesicular breath sounds. What is a characteristic of vesicular breath sounds?

100 to 120 mm Hg

The nurse is preparing to perform nasopharyngeal suctioning on an adult using a wall unit. What is the appropriate suction pressure setting for an adult?

Opioid analgesics

The nurse should assess for respiratory depression before and after the administration of what drugs?

suppressant

What is the action of codeine when used to treat a cough?

Measure from the tragus of the ear to the nostril plus 1 inch

When preparing to insert a nasopharyngeal airway (nasal trumpet), the nurse would use which measurement to determine the accurate tube size?

Nonrebreather mask

You are caring for a patient who has spontaneous respirations and needs to have oxygen administer at a FIO2 of 100%. Which of the following oxygen deliver systems should the nurse utilize?


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