Take My Breath Away
My purpose is to trap particles and bacteria in the respiratory system
Mucus
This nursing intervention helps clear the airway when adventitious lung sounds may be heard
Instruct the patient to turn, cough, and deep-breathe
If someone has a cold, how many days are they considered contagious?
3 days
What is the purpose of applying suction prior to deflating a tracheostomy cuff
To prevent aspiration
When would someone diagnosed with or exposed to TB need to stop taking the medication?
When three consecutive sputum cultures are negative
This nursing intervention helps creates pressure and the prolonged expiration opens airway an expels air from alveoli
Pursed lip breathing
What is safe timeframe for tracheal suctioning?
10-15 seconds
While respiratory viruses are self limiting and generally resolve on their own, what is the the bigger concern?
A secondary bacterial infection
What would be a key nursing intervention for a patient experiencing epistaxis (best answer here)?
Instruct the patient to sit forward and pinch the nose below the bone
What assessment finding in someone with COPD would be concerning and need immediate attention?
Distended neck veins
This decreases the surface tension in alveolar walls
Surfactant
This nursing intervention is important after surgery to help prevent post-op respiratory infections
Mouth care
A patient with respiratory symptoms complains generalized pain in their teeth, what may we suspect?
Sinusitis
If a nurse does not preoxygenate prior to tracheostomy suctioning, what may happen?
Desaturation and hypoxia
What is the mechanism of action of a leukotriene modifier drugs?
Bronchodilation and anti-inflammatory effects
This carries oxygen to tissues in the body
Red Blood Cells
How dies aging effect the elasticities of the lungs?
It decreases
A patient complains if daytime fatigue and is often awake at night, what might we be concerned of?
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Antivirals generally work best taken how?
within 48 hours of exposure
You see the water level in the water-seal chamber of a chest tube drainage system fluctuate, what does this mean?
The system is intact and working
What substance allergy should you caution when giving the influenza vaccine?
Eggs
When is the best time to obtain a sputum specimen?
First thing on wakening
Your post op tonsillectomy patient is frequently swallowing, what might we be concerned for?
Bleeding
What would be the priority nursing assessment for someone with pneumonia who becomes restless?
Assess the patient’s oxygen saturation
You see the water bubbling in the water-seal chamber of a chest tube drainage system fluctuate, what does this mean?
There is a leak