NCLEX-RN TEST BANK FOR RESPIRATORY DISORDERS

NCLEX-RN TEST BANK FOR RESPIRATORY DISORDERS1. The nurse is teaching a class at a local community center. Which information is the most important fact to discuss with the clients regarding the prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? l 1. Explain the importance of quitting smoking cigarettes, which will help repair lungs. l 2. Inform the participants that people who have never smoked can get COPD. l 3. Tell the participants there is no reason to quit smoking if they have smoked for years. l 4. Discuss that secondhand smoke is not as harmful as actually smoking the cigarette. 2. The nurse is admitting the client diagnosed with an acute exacerbation of end-stage COPD. The client has a dusky color, is dyspneic, and has a respiration rate of 36. Which intervention should the nurse implement first? l 1. Apply O2 at 10 liters per minute (LPM) via nasal cannula. l 2. Assist the client into the high Fowler position. l 3. Monitor the client’s telemetry reading. l 4. Notify the client’s health-care provider (HCP) 3. The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with COPD. Which assessment data requires the nurse to intervene? l 1. Use of accessory muscles during inspiration. l 2. Oxygen flow meter set on 3 L while the client is ambulating. l 3. Presence of a barrel chest and dyspnea. l 4. Rust-colored sputum in the sputum collection container. 4. The nurse is evaluating the care provided to a client diagnosed with COPD. Which client outcome indicates the plan of care is effective? l 1. The client’s sputum culture indicates Klebsiella. l 2. The client’s circumoral mucosa is pale gray. l 3. The client ambulates in the hallway without dyspnea. l 4. The client participates in establishing goals. 5. The nurse and an unlicensed assistant personnel (UAP) are caring for clients on a medical unit. Which nursing task should the nurse delegate to the UAP? l 1. Instruct the UAP to increase the oxygen level for a client who is dyspneic. l 2. Document the