Factors Affecting Oxygenation
Developmental age most at risk for airway obstruction because of their tendency to put everything in their mouths.
What are infants and toddlers?
Perseverance, curiosity, confidence, discipline, and responsibility.
What are critical thinking attitudes?
An oxygen concentration of 84%.
What is an indication for oxygen therapy?
Patient positioning that increases depth of lung expansion, reduces airway resistance, and improves respiratory gas exchange.
What is semi- or high-Fowler's position?
The process of moving gases into and out of the lungs.
What is ventilation?
A common condition for women that affects chest wall movement.
What is pregnancy?
A type of question that can't be answered with "yes" or "no".
What is an open-ended question?
Bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by the presence of desaturated hemoglobin in capillaries.
What is cyanosis?
Interventions that lessen pain and make breathing easier.
What are medication and splinting?
These systems work together to supply the body with oxygen.
What are the cardiac and respiratory systems?
A condition in which the volume of circulating fluid in the body is dangerously low.
What is hypovolemia?
Blood pressure, respiratory rate, pulse rate, temperature, and oxygenation.
What are components of a physical assessment?
Shortness of breath, apprehension, and restlessness.
What are early signs of hypoxia?
This technique taught to patients helps to expectorate sputum and promote gas exchange.
What is deep breathing and coughing?
The effort required to expand and contract the lungs.
What is the work of breathing?
Patients exposed to this are at risk for developing lung cancer.
What is asbestos?
A statement of a patient's health problem.
What is a nursing diagnosis?
Alveolar ventilation that is inadequate to meet the oxygen demand of the body or to eliminate sufficient carbon dioxide.
What is hypoventilation?
Prolongs the exhalation phase, slows the respiratory rate, keeps airways open, reduces the breathing effort, and promotes relaxation.
What is pursed lip breathing?
Moving the blood to and from the alveolar capillary membrane for gas exchange.
What is the primary function of pulmonary circulation?
This population has more COPD-related issues not directly related to the environment.
What is the rural population?
An action taken by the nurse to effectively impact the patient's problem.
What is a nursing intervention?
Rapid respirations, sighing breaths, numbness and tingling of hands/feet, and loss of consciousness.
What is hyperventilation?
Encourages voluntary deep breathing by providing visual feedback to patients about inspiratory volume.
What is incentive spirometry?
The process for the exchange of respiratory gases in the alveoli of the lungs and the capillaries of the body tissues.
What is diffusion?