Assessment
What assessment skill requires looking at the patient's skin color?
Inspection
What oxygen device requires between 5-8 liters of oxygen?
Simple mask
Where does gas exchange in the lungs occur?
Alveoli
What is the normal range for Sp02?
90-100%
Measures the volume of air inhaled or exhaled over time and is used to promote deep breathing.
Incentive spirometer
What assessment finding of the nails would indicate hypoxia?
Clubbing
What oxygen device can be used with up to 6 liters of oxygen?
Nasal Cannula
What is the difference between respiration and perfusion?
Respiration involves gas exchange between the atmospheric air in the alveoli and blood in the capillaries. Perfusion is the process by which oxygenated capillary blood passes through body tissues.
What is the normal respiratory rate?
12-20
A non-invasive technique that measures the peripheral arterial oxyhemoglobin saturation sp02
pulse oximetry
What assessment finding of the skin color would indicate lack of oxygenation?
Cyanosis pallor
What oxygen device requires between 10-15 liters of oxygen?
Non-rebreather
The respiratory center is regulated by what part of the body.
The medulla in the brain stem.
What is an acceptable oxygen saturation for a patient with COPD?
88-92%
A device that measures the highest flow during forced expiration and is often used for patients with asthma
Peak Flow Meter
What assessment technique is used when feeling skin temperature?
Palpation
What oxygen device is applied first if a patient has an o2 sat of 86?
2L Nasal Cannula
What side of the heart pumps de-oxygenated blood to the lungs?
Right
Term for a respiratory rate greater than 20
tachypnea
Nursing diagnosis appropriate for a person who has COPD and is short of breath
Ineffective airway clearance
impaired gas exchange
impaired breathing
When auscultating a patient's lungs, what is the name of soft high-pitched popping sounds?
Crackles
An oxygen mask that can be adjusted to deliver specific concentrations of oxygen.
A venturi mask
What is atelectasis?
Incomplete lung expansion or collapse of alveoli
Term for respiratory rate less than 12
Bradypnea
A patient is on 6L NC and 02 sat is 87%. What oxygen device would be considered next?
Hi Flo NC
Simple Mask