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Nur1130 Respiratory Questions Part 3With Complete Solution
A client is being sent home with oxygen therapy. The nurse instructs that
A.Smoking or a flame is dangerous near oxygen.
B.The client will not be able to travel with oxygen.
C.The client should raise the flow of oxygen if shortness of breath increases.
D.Oxygen is addictive and its use must be decreased. - ANSWER A
The nurse should cautions the client against smoking or using a flame near
oxygen. Oxygen is not addictive. Clients can travel with portable oxygen
systems. Teaching also includes the proper flow of oxygen.
Which vaccine should a nurse encourage a client with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) to receive?
A.Influenza
B.Hepatitis B
C.Varicella
D.Human papilloma virus (HPV) - ANSWER A
Clients with COPD are more susceptible to respiratory infections, so they
should be encouraged to receive the influenza and pneumococcal vaccines.
Clients with COPD aren't at high risk for varicella or hepatitis B. The HPV
vaccine is to guard against cervical cancer and is recommended only for
women ages 9 to 26.
, Which is the most important risk factor for development of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?
A.Cigarette smoking
B.Genetic abnormalities
C.Air pollution
D.Occupational exposure - ANSWER A
Pipe, cigar, and other types of tobacco smoking are also risk factors for
COPD. Although risk factors, neither occupational exposure nor air pollution
is the most important risk factor for development of COPD. Genetic
abnormalities are also a risk factor, but again, not the most important one.
The nurse is assessing a client whose respiratory disease in characterized by
chronic hyperinflation of the lungs. What would the nurse most likely assess
in this client?
A.A barrel chest
B.Chronic chest pain
C.Signs of oxygen toxicity
D.Long, thin fingers - ANSWER A
In COPD clients with a primary emphysematous component, chronic
hyperinflation leads to the barrel chest thorax configuration. The nurse most
likely would not assess chest pain or long, thin fingers; these are not
characteristic of emphysema. The client would not show signs of oxygen
toxicity unless they received excess supplementary oxygen.
Which terms means an increase in the red blood cell concentration in the
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