EAQ Gas Exchange Exam Questions With Revised Answers
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EAQ Gas Exchange Exam Questions With
Revised Answers
A client reports left-sided chest pain after playin racquetball. The client is hospitalized and
diagnosed with left pneumothorax. When assessing the client's left chest area, the nurse expects
to identify which finding?
A. Dull sound on perc...
EAQ Gas Exchange Exam Questions With
Revised Answers
A client reports left-sided chest pain after playin racquetball. The client is hospitalized and
diagnosed with left pneumothorax. When assessing the client's left chest area, the nurse expects
to identify which finding?
A. Dull sound on percussion
B. Vocal fremitus on palpation
C. Rales w/ rhonchi on auscultation
D. Absence of breath sounds on auscultation - answer✔✔D. Absence of breath sounds on
auscultation
During administration of an antibiotic, the client becomes restless and flushed, and begins to
wheeze. Which action will the nurse take after stopping the antibiotic infusion?
A. Check the client's temperature
B. Take the client's blood pressure
C. Obtain the client's pulse oximetry
D. Assess the client's respiratory status - answer✔✔D. Assess the client's respiratory status
Which amount is the normal value of a client's inspiratory reserve volume?
The spouse of a client with TB received a tuberculin skin test. The nurse examined the skin test
and identified an area of induration greater than 10 mm. Which response to this finding would
the nurse implement?
A. No further action is required at this time.
B. Additional tests are necessary to determine infection status.
C. Immediately repeat the skin test for confirmation.
D. Results are positive, indicating an active infection. - answer✔✔B. Additional tests are
necessary to determine infection status.
A client arrives in the ED with multiple crushing wounds of the chest, abdomen, and legs. What
are priority nursing assessments?
A. Level of consciousness and pupil size.
B. Characteristics of pain and blood pressure.
C. Quality of respirations and presence of pulses.
D. Observation of abdominal contusions and other wounds. - answer✔✔C. Quality of
respirations and presence of pulses.
Which trigger would the nurse instruct a client to avoid to decrease the incidence of asthma
attacks? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.
A. Mold
B. Cold Air
C. Pet Dander
D. Air Pollution
E. Cigarette Smoke - answer✔✔A. Mold
B. Cold Air
C. Pet Dander
D. Air Pollution
E. Cigarette Smoke
Which parameter describes the maximum volume of air a client's lungs may contain?
A. Vital Capacity
B. Total Lung Capacity
C. Inspiratory Capacity
D. Functional Residual Capacity - answer✔✔B. Total Lung Capacity
The nurse provides education to a group of student nurses about purse-lip breathing. The nurse
would include which primary purpose of the respiratory exercise?
A. Decreases Chest Pain
B. Conserves Energy
C. Increases Oxygen Saturation
D. Promotes Elimination of CO2 - answer✔✔D. Promotes Elimination of CO2
Which statement describes a client's tidal volume?
A. Tidal volume is the volume of air inhaled and exhaled with each breath.
B. Tidal volume is the amount of air remaining in the lungs after forces expiration.
C. Tidal volume is the additional air forcefully inhaled after normal inhalation.
D. Tidal volume is the additional air forcefully exhaled after normal exhalation. - answer✔✔A.
Tidal volume is the volume of air inhaled and exhaled with each breath.
A child in respiratory distress is admitted to the hospital and diagnosed with acute spasmodic
laryngitis. At the time of discharge, the mother asks how to handle another attack at home.
Which would the nurse recommend?
A. Place him near a cool-mist humidifier.
B. Bring him to the ED.
C. Give him an over-the-counter cough syrup.
D. Offer him warm tea sweetened with honey. - answer✔✔A. Place him near a cool-mist
humidifier.
The nurse described a client's abnormal breath suds and included crackles, rhonchi, wheezes, and
pleural friction rubs. Which breath sounds did the nurse hear?
A. Vesicular
B. Bronchial
C. Adventitious
D. Bronchovesicular - answer✔✔C. Adventitious
The nurse assesses the integumentary system of four clients. Which client has the least change of
a false-positive result while undergoing assessment of capillary refill time?
A. Client with shock.
B. Client with anemia.
C. Client with epilepsy.
D. Client with perisperhal vascular disease. - answer✔✔C. Client with epilepsy.
Which explanation would the nurse provide to the parents of a child with spasmodic croup who
ask why their child is receiving humidified oxygen?
A. It helps prevent drying of membranes.
B. It provides a mode of giving inhalant medications.
C. It increases the surface tension of the respiratory tract.
D. It provides an environment free of pathogenic organisms. - answer✔✔A. It helps prevent
drying of membranes.
Which complication is the nurse's main priority during the early postoperative period after a
subtotal thyroidectomy?
A. Hemorrhage
B. Thyrotoxic Crisis
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