Respiratory
Primary Function of the Bronchi
What is carry air into the lungs.
Obstructive disorders of the respiratory system include:
What is asthma, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis?
Chest tubes are used in the clinical setting to...
What is help drain fluid or air from the pleural space of the lungs or after cardiac surgery to help prevent fluid from compressing the heart
Blood cells are developed in the...
What is the bone marrow?
The sickle cell gene is most prominent in this ethnic background.
What is African American?
Diminished availability of oxygen to the body tissues.
What is hypoxia?
Early symptoms of acute bronchitis
What is a dry, hacking cough?
It is essential that the nurse...
What is keep the system below the patient’s chest level at all times.
The first line of cell protection to prevent bleeding when trauma has occurred.
What are platelets?
Means that the patient has a low platelet count.
What is thrombocytopenia?
The best way to position a patient for a thoracentesis
What is sitting upright leaning on an overbed table?
Common signs and symptoms that should alert the nurse to the possibility of pneumonia
What is fever and chills?
Nurse is responsible for monitoring and maintaining the chest tube drainage system by:
What are recording drainage, monitoring for air leaks or kinks, assessing suction settings, monitoring patient’s respiratory status, and assisting the physician with removal of the chest tube?
A patient with low hemoglobin complains of felling short of breath on exertion. In providing this education to this patient, the nurse would explain that hemoglobin...
What is carry oxygen to the cells?
Foods that should be included in the diet of a patient with anemia.
What are spinach and other green leafy vegetables.
Three dyspnea findings upon assessment
What are increased pulse and respirations with mental confusion
Diseases that are considered to be obstructive pulmonary disorders that cause chronic airflow limitations (CAL)
What is emphysema?
A patient with a chest tube has no fluctuation of water in the water seal chamber. What could be the cause of this?
What is the lung may have re-expanded or there is a kink in the system.
A lab test that can help diagnose a blood disorder?
What are a CBC, coagulation panel, or bone marrow biopsy?
This blood loss may cause hypovolemic shock in an adult who had a normal circulating volume.
What is 500ml?
An abnormal breathing pattern often seen in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis and coma.
What is Kussmaul’s respiration?
A patient is exhibiting sudden chest pain or tightness, dyspnea, increased pulse and respirations, decreased blood pressure, and the absence of normal chest movements and breath sounds
What is a pneumothorax?
On assessment of the drainage system, you note continuous bubbling in the water seal chamber and oscillation. What is the nursing intervention for this type of finding?
What is check the drainage system for an air leak.
Foods that have the nutrients to help build red blood cells (RBCs)?
What are green leafy vegetables, red meats, and eggs?
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is most common in this group
What is men over age 50.