HESI Medical Surgery Final Exam
Questions and Answers Graded A+
Thoracentesis What Position you going to place them in? - Correct answer-Upright
leaning over table to increase lung expansion
Metabolic Acidosis Respirations - Correct answer-Kussmaul respirations
Wheezing - Correct answer-are short high pitched sounds made on expiratory
Abnormal Breathe sounds - Correct answer-used to describe bronchial or
bronchovesicular sounds heard in the peripheral lung fields.
Adventitous sounds - Correct answer-are extra breath sounds that are abnormal.
The presence of bronchovesicular breath sounds in the peripheral lung fields is
described as? - Correct answer-abnormal lung sounds
To prepare the patient for a thoracentesis, the nurse positions the patient - Correct
answer-sitting upright with the elbows on an over-the-bed table.
Bronchoscopy - Correct answer-After procedure keep the patient NPO until gag
reflux returns.
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, Hypoxemia - Correct answer-PaO2 is at 55% and SpO2 is 88
What test do you use to verify pulmonary embolus? - Correct answer-CT scan
A patient with an SaO2 of 85% has a PaO2 of 50mm Hg. This indicates? - Correct
answer-shift to the left in the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve that could be
caused by hypothermia.
Normal Arterial Blood Gases - Correct answer-pH 7.35-7.45, PaO2 80-100mm Hg,
SaO2 >95%, PaCO2 32-48 mm Hg, HCO3- 22-26 mEq/L
To determine when the patient with a tracheostomy tube can be effectively
swallow, the nurse deflates the cuff and? - Correct answer-has the patient drink a
small amount of blue-colored water, observing for coughing and colored
secretions.
When obtaining a health history from a patient with possible cancer of the mouth,
the nurse would expect the patient to report? - Correct answer-Heavy tobacco and
alcohol use.
The most normal functioning method of speech restoration in the patient with a
total larynectomy is - Correct answer-a voice presthesis
A patients tracheostomy tube becomes dislodged with vigorous coughing. The first
action by the nurse is to? - Correct answer-attempt to replace the tube
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Questions and Answers Graded A+
Thoracentesis What Position you going to place them in? - Correct answer-Upright
leaning over table to increase lung expansion
Metabolic Acidosis Respirations - Correct answer-Kussmaul respirations
Wheezing - Correct answer-are short high pitched sounds made on expiratory
Abnormal Breathe sounds - Correct answer-used to describe bronchial or
bronchovesicular sounds heard in the peripheral lung fields.
Adventitous sounds - Correct answer-are extra breath sounds that are abnormal.
The presence of bronchovesicular breath sounds in the peripheral lung fields is
described as? - Correct answer-abnormal lung sounds
To prepare the patient for a thoracentesis, the nurse positions the patient - Correct
answer-sitting upright with the elbows on an over-the-bed table.
Bronchoscopy - Correct answer-After procedure keep the patient NPO until gag
reflux returns.
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, Hypoxemia - Correct answer-PaO2 is at 55% and SpO2 is 88
What test do you use to verify pulmonary embolus? - Correct answer-CT scan
A patient with an SaO2 of 85% has a PaO2 of 50mm Hg. This indicates? - Correct
answer-shift to the left in the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve that could be
caused by hypothermia.
Normal Arterial Blood Gases - Correct answer-pH 7.35-7.45, PaO2 80-100mm Hg,
SaO2 >95%, PaCO2 32-48 mm Hg, HCO3- 22-26 mEq/L
To determine when the patient with a tracheostomy tube can be effectively
swallow, the nurse deflates the cuff and? - Correct answer-has the patient drink a
small amount of blue-colored water, observing for coughing and colored
secretions.
When obtaining a health history from a patient with possible cancer of the mouth,
the nurse would expect the patient to report? - Correct answer-Heavy tobacco and
alcohol use.
The most normal functioning method of speech restoration in the patient with a
total larynectomy is - Correct answer-a voice presthesis
A patients tracheostomy tube becomes dislodged with vigorous coughing. The first
action by the nurse is to? - Correct answer-attempt to replace the tube
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