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A physician stated to the nurse that the patient has fluid noted in the pleural space and will need a thoracentesis. The nurse would expect that the physician will document this fluid as ?

Pleural effusion

What dietary recommendations should a nurse provide a patient with a lung abscess?

A diet rich in protein

Emphysema is described as?

A disease of the airways characterized by destruction of the walls of overdistended alveoli

A physician orders a beta2 adrenergic-agonist agent (bronchodilator) that is short-acting and administered only by inhaler.

Albuterol

defining emphysema

An abnormal distention of the air spaces with destruction of the alveolar walls

The nurse is evaluating the diagnostic studies data on a patient with suspected cystic fibrosis. Which of the following tests is associated with a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis?

An elevated sweat chloride concentration test

Which of the following is the most common chronic disease of childhood?

Asthma

A critical-care nurse is caring for a postoperative patient following lung surgery. The patient has a shallow, monotonous respiratory pattern and is reluctant to cough. What may the patient may be at an increased risk for?

Atelectasis

You learn that the most common symptoms of asthma are what?

Bilateral wheezes

Which of the following is a sign and symptom that identifies viral pneumonia?

Blood cultures are sterile.

What are complications that can result from pneumonia?

CHF • Shock • Septicemia

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

The admitting nurse is assessing a client with COPD. The nurse auscultates diminished breath sounds, which signify changes in the airway. These changes indicate to the nurse to monitor the patient for what?

Dyspnea and hypoxemia

The nurse implements a first-line measure to prevent atelectasis development in the patient

Incentive spirometry

A client hospitalized with pneumonia has thick, tenacious secretions. Which intervention should the nurse include when planning this client's care?

Encouraging increased fluid intake

Histamine, a mediator that supports the inflammatory process in asthma, is secreted by

Mast cells

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

main treatment for tb

INH

A client has intermittent asthma attacks. Which of the following therapies does the nurse teach the client to use at home when experiencing an asthma attack?

Inhaled albuterol (Ventolin)

You are helping to give Mantoux tests to children who are being registered for kindergarten in your community. How should you administer this test?

Interdermal injection into the inner forearm

A client being seen in the emergency department has labored respirations. Auscultation reveals inspiratory and expiratory wheezes. Oxygen saturation is 86%. The client was nonresponsive to an albuterol (Ventolin) inhaler and intravenous methylprednisolone (Solu-Medrol). The nurse administers the following prescribed treatment first:

Oxygen therapy through a non-rebreather mask

A client is being seen in the emergency department for exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The first action of the nurse is to administer which of the following prescribed treatments?

Oxygen through nasal cannula at 2 L/minute

As status asthmaticus worsens, the nurse would expect which acid-base imbalance?

Respiratory acidosis

inhaler instructions

attach the stem shake exhale slowly through pursed lips seal lips around mouthpiece compress canister release the pressure on the canister withdraw the mouthpiece hold breath for a few seconds exhale slowly

peak flow meter

blow out

sleeve resection

cancerous lobe removed

s/s of bronchitis

fever chill malaise headache and dry irritating cough

chest wall resection with removal of cancerous lung tissue

for cancers the have invaded the chest wall

pneumonia

inflammatory process affecting the bronchioles and alveoli

A client with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is admitted to the medical-surgical unit. To help this client maintain a patent airway and achieve maximal gas exchange, the nurse should:

instruct the client to drink at least 2 L of fluid daily.

pneumonectomy

removal of entire lung

wedge resection

removal of small pie shaped area

segmentectomy

segment of lung removed

lobectomy

single lobe of lung removed

incentive spirometer

suck in

A nurse is caring for a client experiencing an acute asthma attack. The client stops wheezing and breath sounds aren't audible. This change occurred because:

the airways are so swollen that no air can get through.

bilobectomy

tow lobes of lung removed