Spirometry - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NUR 216 Exam 3 Questions and Correct Answers What does ICOUGH stand for? - ANSWER Incentive Spirometry Cough Oral care Understanding (patient) Get out of bed Head of bed elevated How to find first intercostal space? - ANSWER Ask patient to flex head. Bony protrusion at base of neck is C7. Vertebra below C7 is T1 (rib one) Which lobes are auscultated on the anterior chest? - ANSWER Upper (and right middle) lobes Which lobes are auscultated on ...

MDC 4 Exam 1 Rasmussen University Questions and Answers 100% Solved Which Migraine medications cannot be used in a patient with cardiac diseases and why? Triptans and Ergotamine preparations- they will cause additional vasoconstriction of the head blood vessels What does abortive therapy do for migraines? alleviate pain after the headache starts What does preventative therapy do for migraines? prevent a headache is it occurs more than twice a week or is severe. A patient is taking beta block...

The nurse is caring for a client with a severe nosebleed. The health care provider inserts a nasal sponge. What should the nurse teach the client about this intervention? A. The sponge creates a risk for viral sinusitis B. The sponge can stay in place for 3 to 4 days if needed C. The client should remain supine while the sponge is in place D. NSAIDs are contraindicated while the sponge is in place ANS: B _____________________________________________________________________________________...

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What is spirometry? - Spirometry is a reliable method of differentiation between obstructive airway disorders (arenas, COPD) and restrictive diseases (where the side of the lungs is reduced (e.g fibrotic lung disease). - Spirometry can also be used to determine the severity of COPD 3 important measures - FEV1 → the volume of air that the patient is able to expel in the first second of forced exhalation - FVC → the total volume of air that the patient can forcibly exhale in one breath...

GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY (GCU) FNP 652 ACTUAL 2024 MIDTERM EXAM (SPRING – SUMMER TERM) COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 1. A patient has chronically dry eyes sometimes with a foreign body sensation burning and itching a smear test is abnormal what is the suspected cause of this patient's symptoms based on this test finding? a. Aqueous deficiency b. Evaporative disorder c. poor eyelid closure d. Corneal abrasion 2. The parent of a toddler and a four week old infant tells the...

1) A nurse is assisting a child who has multiple closed fractures of the lower extremities due to a motor-vehicle crash. The nurse should monitor the child for which of the following complications during the first 24 hr. after the injury occurred? A. Osteomyelitis B. Compartment syndrome C. Volkmann ischemic contracture D. Renal calculi 2) A nurse is teaching the parent of a toddler who has phenylketonuria about meal planning. Which of the following information should the nurse inc...

LINDSEY JONES- TMC ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023 (VERIFIED ANSWERS) 1. Which is the preferred order to manipulate a mechanical ventilator in order to gradually increase alveolar minute ventilation while limiting MAP? ANSWER - Decrease mechanical deadspace, increase VT, increase RR 2. An air-entrainment jet nebulizer is set at 50%. The respiratory therapist analyzes the oxygen coming from the end of the tubing and finds it is 60%. Which of the following most likely explains this ...

Test Bank for Ruppel's Manual of Pulmonary Function Testing 11th Edition by Carl Mottram 9780323356251 | Complete Guide A+. TEST BANK FOR TEST BANK FOR RUPPEL’S MANUAL OF PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING 11TH EDITION BY MOTTRAM Chapter 1: Indications for Pulmonary Function Testing Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Who first popularized spirometry for the evaluation of pulmonary function? a. August and Marie Krogh b. Alvan Barach c. John Severinghaus d. John Hutchinson ANS: D Hutchinson popularized the c...

Respiratory Therapy - Lindsey Jones/Clinical Simulations 459 Questions with Verified Answers Information Gathering - Emphysema: (Abnormal condition of the alveoli resulting destruction and loss of elasticity) - CORRECT ANSWER LEVEL I : Cyanosis, Barrel chest, increased A-P diameter, Accessory muscle use, Digital clubbing of the nail beds, Significant history of smoking and/or occupational exposure to smoke or other pulmonary irritant LEVEL II : Dyspnea, Wheezing breath sounds LEVEL III ...