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NUR 2048 Chest Tubes questions with correct answers
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What is a the purpose of chest tubes? - Answer Restore negative pressure 
 
Where is a chest tube placed for air? - Answer 2-3 intercostal space 
 
Where is a chest tube placed for fluid? - Answer 8-9 intercostal space 
 
What is a pneumothorax? - Answer air in the pleural space that causes a loss of negative pressure in the chest cavity and lung collapse. Can be open (pleural cavity exposed to outside air) or closed pneumothorax 
 
What are the signs/symptoms of a pneumothorax? (6) - An...
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FCCN II-ABGs, BiPAP, CPAP, Chest tubes, CRRT with 100% correct answers
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Normal value for PaO2? 
80-100 
 
 
Normal value for HCO2? 
22-26 
 
 
Normal value for PaCO2? 
35-45 
 
 
Normal value for pH? 
7.35-7.45 
 
 
Rapid/deep breathing causes? 
respiratory alkalosis 
 
 
Over sedation causes? 
respiratory acidosis 
 
 
Kussmual breathing causes? 
metabolic acidosis 
 
 
Slow/shallow breathing causes? 
metabolic alkalosis 
 
 
Cpap? 
improves oxygenation 
 
 
BiPAP? 
improves ventilation, for high CO2 
 
 
What should you do if you knock over a chest tube? 
put back...
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MK 3 - CCB, Chest tubes, CHD, Infectious Diseases Questions and Correct Answers
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Calcium Channel Blockers -CCBs are like "valium" for your heart --Valium calms you down. Therefore, CCB relaxes and slows down the heart ---If the heart is tachycardic, tachyarrhythmia, or heart attack → needs to be rested → GIVE CCB ---If you are in shock, or you are in heart block → needs to be stimulated → should NOT give CCB 
inotropic, chronotropic and dromotropic effects of CCBs -In other words, CCBs have negative inotropic, chronotropic, and dromotropic effects on the heart -Posit...
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Med Surg: Final, Comprehensive predictor test 85 correct answer, ATI comprehensive predictor STUDY THIS ONE, NUR325 Exam 1 ASU - ATI, Textbook Questions, NCLEX challenge 8, ATI comprehensive, PN comprehensive predictor practice B [2020]
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Med Surg: Final, 
Comprehensive predictor 
test 85 correct answer, 
ATI comprehensive 
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ONE, NUR325 Exam 1 ASU 
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Questions, NCLEX 
challenge 8, ATI 
comprehensive, PN 
comprehensive predictor 
practice B [2020] 
A nurse is planning dietary teaching for a client who has diabetes mellitus. Which of the 
following actions should the nurse plan to take first? - CORRECT ANSWER Ask the 
client to identify the types of foods she prefers. 
A nurse is car...
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ATLS10 exam questions with answers (answers outlined!!)
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1. A 24-year-old male pedestrian, struck by an automobile, is admitted to the 
emergency department 1 hour after injury. His blood pressure is 80/60 mmHg, heart 
rate 140 beats per minute and respiratory rate is 36 per minute. He is lethargic. 
Oxygen is delivered via face mask, and two large-caliber IVs are initiated. Arterial 
blood gases are obtained. His PaO2 is 118 mmHg (15.7 kPa), PaCO2 is 30 mmHg 
(4.0 kPa), and pH is7.21. The treat...
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NSG 2400 Pneumothorax & Chest tubes Exam Questions Correctly Answered.
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NSG 2400 Pneumothorax & Chest tubes Exam Questions Correctly Answered. 
 
 
When a client suffers a complete pneumothorax, there is danger of a mediastinal shift. If such a shift occurs, what potential effect is a cause for concern? 
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Rupture of the pericardium 
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Infection of the subpleural lining 
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Decreased filling of the right side of the heart 
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Increased volume of the unaffected lung - CORRECT ANSWER 3 
Pressure within the pleural cavity causes a shift of the heart and great vessels...
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Nur280 Comprehensive review - 1, 2, 3 Study guide
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1.	Cane- place on strong side, move with weak 
a.	Hand grip level at client’s greater trochanter 
b.	Elbows flexed at 15 to 30 degrees 
c.	Hold 4-6 inches from the side of the foot 
d.	Hold in the unaffected side and move together with the weaker side 
e.	Inspect the cane tips regularly for worn rubber 
f.	For client with 1 upper extremity, hemicanes or quadripod canes are used 
g.	For walker, instruct client to put all 4 points of the walker on the floow before putting weight on the hand piec...
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NUR 408_ Chest Tubes & Trauma with 100% correct answers | verified | latest update 2024
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NUR 408_ Chest Tubes & Trauma with 100% correct answers | verified | latest update 2024
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ADN 230 - Acid-Base, Chest Tubes, and Tracheostomies (Exam 1) -Solved
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60 - ANSWER-Respiratory failure on an ABG is defined as a PaO2 < ____ 
 
50 - ANSWER-Respiratory failure on an ABG is defined as a PaCO2 > ____ 
 
Respiratory failure - ANSWER-Signs of ____ include: 
- Dyspnea 
- Tachycardia 
- Confusion 
- Cyanosis 
- Restlessness/anxiety 
 
Tension pneumothorax - ANSWER-A(n) ____ occurs when air continuously enters the pleural space on inspiration, but nothing exits on expiration 
 
Thoracotomy - ANSWER-A(n) ____ is the surgery performed to expose the l...
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CSFA Practice Test exam questions with correct answers selected 2023
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CSFA Practice Test exam questions with correct answers selected 2023 
 
which of the following congenital anomalies does the urethra open on the underside of the penis 
 
Which of the following are used for skin preparation prior to surgery? 
 
When should the patient's chest tubes be attached to the drainage system during a thoracotomy? 
A. after the thoracic cavity is closed 
B. immediately upon insertion 
C. within an hour of the procedure 
D. upon arrival in the PACU - A 
 
In patients who ...
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