Chapter 23 Prep U Questions
A patient has a Mantoux skin test prior to being placed on an immunosuppressant for the treatment of Crohn's disease. What results would the nurse determine is not significant for holding the medication?
0 to 4 mm
A nurse is administering a purified protein derivative (PPD) test to a client. Which statement concerning PPD testing is true?
A positive reaction indicates that the client has been exposed to the disease.
Which of the following terms refers to lung tissue that has become more solid in nature due to a collapse of alveoli or an infectious process?
Consolidation
Which of the following interventions does a nurse implement for patients with empyema?
Encourage breathing exercises
When caring for a client with acute respiratory failure, the nurse should expect to focus on resolving which set of problems?
Hypercapnia, hypoventilation, and hypoxemia
A client with suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) comes to the emergency department. Which physician order should the nurse implement first?
Institute isolation precautions.
Which of the following is a true statement regarding severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)?
It is the most contagious during the second week of illness
You are assessing a client's potential for pulmonary emboli. What finding indicates possible deep vein thrombosis?
Pain in the calf
A patient admitted to the hospital following a motor vehicle crash has suffered a flail chest. A nurse assesses the patient for what most common clinical manifestation of flail chest?
Paradoxical chest movement
What dietary recommendations should a nurse provide a patient with a lung abscess?
a diet rich in protein
A client who underwent surgery 12 hours ago has difficulty breathing. He has petechiae over his chest and complains of acute chest pain. What action should the nurse take first?
initiate oxygen therapy
The nurse caring for a patient with tuberculosis anticipates administering which vitamin with isoniazid (INH) to prevent INH-associated peripheral neuropathy?
vitamin B6
Which statement indicates a client understands teaching about the purified protein derivative (PPD) test for tuberculosis?
"Because I had a previous reaction to the test, this time I need to get a chest X-ray."
A victim has sustained a blunt force trauma to the chest. A pulmonary contusion is suspected. Which of the following clinical manifestations correlate with a moderate pulmonary contusion?
Blood-tinged sputum
A nurse is caring for a patient diagnosed with empyema. Which of the following interventions does a nurse implement for patients with empyema?
Encourage breathing exercises.
The patient with a chest tube is being transported to X-ray. Which complication may occur if the chest tube is clamped during transportation?
Tension pneumothorax
The nursing instructor is discussing pulmonary arterial hypertension with the nursing students. What would the instructor describe as the pathophysiology of secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension?
alveolar destruction causes increased resistance and pressure in the pulmonary vascular bed.
The nurse is interpreting blood gases for a patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Which set of blood gas values indicates respiratory acidosis?
pH 7.25, Pa CO 2 48, HCO3 24
Which of the following should a nurse encourage in patients who are at the risk of pneumococcal and influenza infections?
receiving vaccination
