Lower airway infections - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The client, with a lower respiratory airway infection, is presenting with symptoms such as fever, chills, dry hacking cough, and wheezing. Which nursing diagnosis best supports the assessment by the nurse? correct answers Ineffective Airway Clearance The client is returning from the operating room following a bronchoscopy. Which action, performed by the nursing assistant, would the nurse stop if began prior to nursing assessment? correct answers The nursing assistant is pouring a glass of wat...

TEST BANK ESSENTIALS OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (4TH EDITION BY PORTH) CONTENTS Chapter 01 - Cell Structure and Function .......................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 02 - Cellular Responses to Stress, Injury, and Aging .......................................................................................... 7 Chapter 03 - Inflammation, the Inflammatory Response, and Fever ..............................................

Final Exam: NFDN 2005 Pediatric Nursing (Latest Update) Review with Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct Q: What is tonsillitis? Answer: Inflammation of the tonsils, may develop an abscess (quinsy) Q: What is the most common cause of tonsillitis? Answer: Strep Q: What are the signs and symptoms of tonsillitis? Answer: Fever, malaise, sore throat, and swollen tonsils with or without exudate Q: How is tonsillitis diagnosed? Answer: ...

8 year old female with no respirations after 5 positive pressure ventilations. - ANSWER Which patient would be classified as "immediate" during and MCI? Calmly reassure her, encouraging her to calmly slow her rate of breathing. - ANSWER A 13 year old female watching a horror movie states she can't catch her breath and her fingers are numb. Respirations are 30 and deep with Sp02 of %100. She is speaking in clear sentences, has clear and equal breath sounds. You should? 10 to 12 - ANSWER ...

Clinical Guidelines in Family Practice 5th Edition Uphold Graham Test Bank Chapter 1 Health maintenance MULTIPLE CHOICE 1.A client is reviewing a videotape without the assistance of the nurse for instruction. The type of teaching strategy this client is using is considered: 1. demonstration. 2. slides. 3. programmed instruction. 4. discussion. 2.The nurse is instructing a client regarding food safety, injury prevention, and occupational health. Which of the following Healthy Peop...

1. A nurse is teaching the parent of an infant about "Give the infant ways to prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). a pacifier at bed- Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? "Place the infant in a prone position to sleep." "Allow the infant to sleep on a large pillow." "Use a soft mattress in the infant's crib." "Give the infant a pacifier at bedtime." 2. A nurse in an emergency department is caring for a school-age child who is experienci...

A 30-year-old male experienced a generalized (tonic-clonic) seizure, which stopped before you arrived at the scene. The patient is conscious, is answering your questions appropriately, and refuses EMS transport. Which of the following would be the MOST compelling reason to disagree with his refusal of transport? Select one: A. His Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score is 15 B. His wife states that this was his "usual" seizure C. He has experienced seizures since he was 20 D. He is currently not ...

Variations in pediatric anatomy and physiology - Respiratory CORRECT ANSWER Nose -Newborns are obligatory nose breathers until at least 4 weeks old (breathe through nose when cyring; want to make sure nose is clear - use nose aspirator) -Infants have very small nasal passages -Frontal and sphenoid sinuses not completely developed until 6-7 yrs old (less susceptible to get infections) Throat -Infant tongue relatively large to the oropharynx -Enlarged tonsils and adenoids (shrink over time) ...

NCLEX-PN NGN Exam Test Bank 1. The nurse is caring for a client scheduled for removal of a pituitary tumor using the transsphenoidal approach. The nurse should be particularly alert for: A. Nasal congestion B. Abdominal tenderness C. Muscle tetany D. Oliguria Answer A: Removal of the pituitary gland is usually done by a transsphenoidal approach, through the nose. Nasal congestion further interferes with the airway. Answers B, C, and D are not correct because they are not directl...

Nose/nasal passages, sinuses, pharynx - correct answer --What consists of the upper airway? Larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, pulmonary alveoli - correct answer --What consists of the lower airway? Immediate hypersensitivity response that involves antigen-antibody reactions (IgE) - correct answer --What is the most severe type of allergic reaction? Liver - correct answer --What is the largest gland in the body? Pediatric patients - correct answer --What age group of patient...