Pulmonary lobectomy Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Complex Care Final Exam Practice Questions with 100% Correct Answers The nurse is caring for a patient with pneumonia unresponsive to two different antibiotics. Which action is most important for the nurse to complete before administering a newly prescribed antibiotic? a. Teach the patient to cough and deep breathe. b. Take the temperature, pulse, and respiratory rate. c. Obtain a sputum specimen for culture and Gram stain. d. Check the patient's oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry. - C...

A nurse is suctioning a client's airway. Which nursing action will limit hypoxia? 1.Apply suction only after catheter is inserted 2.Limit suctioning with catheter to half a minute 3.Lubricate the catheter with saline before insertion 4.Use sterile suction catheter for each suctioning episode Correct Answer Answer: 1 The negative pressure from suctioning removes oxygen as well as secretions; suction should be applied only after the catheter is inserted and is being withdrawn. Limiting suc...

ATI Med/Surg Proctored Exam Practice A nurse is caring for a client who had a left lower lobectomy to treat lung cancer. Which of the following factors will have a significant impact on the plan of care for this client? - correct answer C. Lung cancer usually has metastasized before the client presents with symptoms. A nurse is preparing a plan of care for a client who is postoperative following a modified radical mastectomy. Which of the following invasive devices should the nurse expect th...

HESI EXIT RN 2022 V3 160 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS WELL UPDATED 2022/2023.1. When caring for a client with a post right thoracotomy who has undergone an upper lobectomy, the nurse focuses on pain management to promote A) Relaxation and sleep B) Deep breathing and coughing C) Incisional healing D) Range of motion exercises 2. A nurse is to collect a sputum specimen for acid-fast bacillus (AFB) from a client. Which action should the nurse take first? A) Ask client to cough sputum into con...

A client who was recently diagnosed with emphysema develops a malignancy in the right lower lobe of the lung, and a lobectomy is performed. After surgery, the client is receiving oxygen by nasal cannula at 2 L per minute. Blood gas results demonstrate respiratory acidosis. What should be the initial nursing intervention? - Correct Encourage deep breathing A client sustains a crushing injury to the lower left leg, and a below-the-knee amputation is performed. For which common clinical manif...

ATI MED SURG RESPIRATORY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2023|2024 A nurse caring for a client who is 1 hr postoperative following acute thoracentesis.Which of the following is the priority assessment finding? Tracheal deviation to the unaffected side A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client who is experiencing a pulmonary embolism. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? Apply supplemental oxygen A nurse is assessing a client who has a chest tube in...

ED Scribe - Final Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Medical Decision Making (MDM) - answerThe physician's thought process Pain vs. Tenderness - answerPatient's feeling vs. physician's assessment What does distress mean? - answerThe doctor's judgment of discomfort Baseline - answerAn individual's normal state of being What does Auscultation mean? - answerListening with a stethoscope Palpation - answerThe act of pressing on an area by the doctor Inpatient - answerAdmitted to th...

TMC PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS, RATED A+/ RATED A+/ VERIFIED/ A 44 week old gestational age infant is delivered via C-section and is gasping, grunting and has tachycardia and tachypnea. At one minute his APgar score is 4 and at 5 minutes the score is at 5. The infant is most likely suffering from transient tachypnea of the newborn meconium aspiration bronchopulmonary dysplasia apnea of prematurity - -meconium aspiration All of the following could cause a patient's right-hemidi...

3 steps in the process of oxygenation: correct answers ventilation, perfusion, and diffusion Is inspiration an active or passive process? correct answers active; stimulated by chemical receptors in the aorta Is expiration an active or passive process? correct answers passive; depends on the elastic recoil properties of the lungs, requiring little or no muscle work TRUE or FALSE: clubbing will not occur in patients with asthma. correct answers FALSE What is lung capacity based off of?...

HESI EXIT RN 2022 V3 160 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS WELL UPDATED 2022/2023.. When caring for a client with a post right thoracotomy who has undergone an upper lobectomy, the nurse focuses on pain management to promote A) Relaxation and sleep B) Deep breathing and coughing C) Incisional healing D) Range of motion exercises 2. A nurse is to collect a sputum specimen for acid-fast bacillus (AFB) from a client. Which action should the nurse take first? A) Ask client to cough sputum into container ...