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AACN ECCO Pulmonary Part 1 Questions and Answers What are the nursing priorities for patient care before, during, or after thoracentesis? - Ans:-Position patient sitting on or lying... Continually monitor... Help attach tubes to chest drainage... A nurse caring for a patient with ARDS on BiPAP observes rapid progression and tachypnea with RR between 37 and 41. What intervention should the nurse anticipate? - Ans:-Call emergency team for rapid intubation For which purposes is EtCO2 monit...

A patient has coronary artery bypass graft surgery and is transported to the surgical intensive care unit at noon and is placed on mechanical ventilation. Interpret the initial arterial blood gas levels pH: 7.31 PaCO2: 48 mm Hg Bicarbonate: 22 mEq/L PaO2: 115 mm Hg O2 saturation: 99% a. Normal arterial blood gas levels with a high oxygen level b. Partly compensated respiratory acidosis; normal oxygen c. Uncompensated metabolic acidosis with high oxygen levels d. Uncompensated respirat...

RNC Assessment of newborn Questions And Answers Abnormal assessment of skin - ANS 1. Cyanotic. 2. Pale. 3. Mottled. 4. Cool to touch. 5. Poor perfusion. Abnormal assessment of respiratory - ANS 1. Poor color. 2. Tachypnea. 3. Decreased air entry. 4. Increased work of breathing: grunting, flaring, and retracting. 5. Apnea. 6. Unequal breath sounds. 7. Oxygen requirement. Abnormal assessment of cardiovascular - ANS 1. Abnormal heart sounds such ...

what are normal ABG values? - ANS pH: acidic 7.35-7.45 basic CO2: basic 35-45 acidic HCO3-: acidic 22-26 basic normal paO2 - ANS 80-100 mmHg what pH levels are lethal? - ANS outside 6.8-7.8 where are ABGs drawn from? what test is done to ensure adequate blood flow? - ANS peripheral artery; allen's test for radial artery How do the kidneys help maintain acid-base balance? - ANS retain/excrete basic HCO3 and retain/excrete acidic H+ treatments for respirat...

Adult Medical Surgical B (2022/2023) Questions And Answers A nurse is receiving report on a client who is postoperative following an open repair of Zenker's Diverticulum. The nurse should anticipate the surgical incision to be in which of the following locations? Correct Ans:- Throat A nurse is caring for a client who has a potassium level of 3 mEq/L. Which of the following assessment findings should the nurse expect? Correct Ans:- Hypoactive bowel sounds A nurse is providing d...

A 74-year-old male client is admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with a diagnosis of respiratory failure secondary to pneumonia. Currently, the client is ventilatordependent, with settings of tidal volume (VT) of 750 mL and an intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV) rate of 10 breaths/min. Arterial blood gas (ABG) results are as follows: pH, 7.48; PaCO2, 30 mm Hg; PaO2, 64 mm Hg; HCO3 , 25 mEq/L; and FiO2, 0.80. Which action should the nurse take first? a. Increase the ventilator VT ...

ABG Study Questions and answers already passed 2023/2024 A patient who has required prolonged mechanical ventilation has the following arterial blood gas results: pH 7.48, PaO2 85 mm Hg, PaCO2 32 mm Hg, and HCO3 25 mEq/L. The nurse interprets these results as a. metabolic acidosis. b. metabolic alkalosis. c. respiratory acidosis. d. respiratory alkalosis. - correct answer ANS: D The pH indicates that the patient has alkalosis and the low PaCO2 indicates a respiratory cause. The other respo...

Clinical Reasoning Cases in Nursing 7th Edition Harding Snyder Test Bank. The nurse is explaining to a student nurse about impaired central perfusion. The nurse knows the student understands this problem when the student states, Central perfusion a. is monitored only by the physician. b. involves the entire body. c. is decreased with hypertension. d. is toxic to the cardiac system. ANS: B Central perfusion does involve the entire body as all organs are supplied with oxygen and vital nut...

CCRN Questions A patient has had a large anterior myocardial infarction last month and developed a ventricular aneurysm. He now has episodes of ventricular tachycardia that are not prevented or converted with antidysrhythmic agents. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is implanted. Four days after surgery he develops ventricular tachycardia. The ICD has delivered three shocks but has not converted the rhythm. He is pulseless and apneic. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is in ...

NUR 2243 Nurse Patients Evaluation and Diagnosis Questions and Answers 2023/2024 A nurse assesses a client with diabetes mellitus who is admitted with an acid-base imbalance. The clients arterial blood gas values are pH 7.36, PaO2 98 mm Hg, PaCO2 33 mm Hg, and HCO3 18 mEq/L. Which manifestation should the nurse identify as an example of the clients compensation mechanism? a. Increased rate and depth of respirations b. Increased urinary output c. Increased thirst and hunger d. Increased rel...